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description: Which of the following constitutes the appropriate action where a child has eaten an unknown berry? Exam question 2 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'
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# Exam question 2 · Plants that sting, scratch and poison

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Which of the following constitutes the appropriate action where a child has eaten an unknown berry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, eat · **To what, where:** unknown berry

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:e2:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes the appropriate action where a child has eaten an unknown berry?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	berry	berry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the appropriate action | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | present · perfect |  | a unknown berry |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The matter is ignored altogether if the berry was small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:e2:o1:1
# text = The matter is ignored altogether if the berry was small
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	berry	berry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | present · passive |  | the matter |  |  |  | altogether *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the berry |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The child is given a glass of milk and watched closely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:e2:o2:1
# text = The child is given a glass of milk and watched closely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | the child |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient glass=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | past |  |  |  |  |  | closely *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An adult is told at once and a sample retained

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:e2:o3:1
# text = An adult is told at once and a sample retained
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sample	sample	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	retained	retain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | a adult |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **retain** | participle | a sample |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The child is made to run about so as to aid digestion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:e2:o4:1
# text = The child is made to run about so as to aid digestion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	aid	aid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	digestion	digestion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run about** | to-infinitive | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **aid** | to-infinitive | the child *not said here* | digestion |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent digestion=Beneficiary |

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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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