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title: Identify the purpose of the rhyme «Leaves of three, let it be». — Plants that sting, scratch and poison · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the purpose of the rhyme «Leaves of three, let it be». Exam question 1 of lesson 237 «Plants that sting, scratch and poison» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Plants that sting, scratch and poison

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Identify the purpose of the rhyme «Leaves of three, let it be».

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, purpose, rhyme · **What happens:** identify, let, be, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 237 «Plants that sting, scratch and poison» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:e1:1
# text = Identify the purpose of the rhyme «Leaves of three, let it be».
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose of the rhyme |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | purpose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* | infinitive | purpose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **purpose** |  | the rhyme |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To recognise those mushrooms that are safe for consumption

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:e1:o1:1
# text = To recognise those mushrooms that are safe for consumption
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	recognise	recognise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | to-infinitive |  | that mushrooms |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mushroom=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | that mushrooms |  |  |  |  | for consumption; safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To count the petals of daffodils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:e1:o2:1
# text = To count the petals of daffodils
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	daffodils	daffodil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | to-infinitive |  | the petals of daffodils |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petal=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To identify those wild berries which may be eaten safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:e1:o3:1
# text = To identify those wild berries which may be eaten safely
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | to-infinitive |  | that wild berries |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent berry=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | may · passive |  | that wild berries |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To assist in the avoidance of poison ivy and poison oak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:e1:o4:1
# text = To assist in the avoidance of poison ivy and poison oak
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	assist	assist	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ivy	ivy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assist** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the avoidance of poison ivy and poison oak |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **avoid** |  |  | poison ivy and poison oak |  |  |  |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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