--- title: dad wants to burn the poison ivy we pulled up — Plants that sting, scratch and poison · tree and pragmatics description: dad wants to burn the poison ivy we pulled up Test 10 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Plants that sting, scratch and poison](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Plants that sting, scratch and poison dad wants to burn the poison ivy we pulled up **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, we · **What happens:** want, burn, pull up · **To what, where:** poison ivy This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 237 «Plants that sting, scratch and poison» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t10:1 # text = dad wants to burn the poison ivy we pulled up 1 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 ivy ivy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | dad | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **burn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | dad *not said here* | the poison ivy | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ivy=Theme | | 3 | **pull up** | past | we | the poison ivy *not said here* | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivy=Theme | 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} Yes, burning kills it safely ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t10:o1:1 # text = Yes, burning kills it safely 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 safely safely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kill** | present | | it | | | | safely *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, if he stands back a bit from the smoke ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t10:o2:1 # text = Yes, if he stands back a bit from the smoke 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand back** | present | he | a bit from the smoke | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only on a windy day so the smoke blows away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t10:o3:1 # text = Only on a windy day so the smoke blows away 1 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 windy windy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow away** | present | the smoke | | | | day | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, the smoke carries its oil into the lungs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t10:o4:1 # text = No, the smoke carries its oil into the lungs 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lungs lung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | the smoke | smoke's oil | | the lungs | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Theme | **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. 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