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# Test 16 · ★ · Plants that sting, scratch and poison

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did u hear some guy burnt a pile of poison ivy in his yard and the smoke made him really sick? real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, guy, smoke · **What happens:** hear, burnt, make · **To what, where:** real lesson, pile, guy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t16:1
# text = did u hear some guy burnt a pile of poison ivy in his yard and the smoke made him really sick? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	ivy	ivy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	really	really	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
23	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | real lesson |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **burnt** | past | some guy | a pile of poison ivy in guy's yard |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | past | the smoke | guy |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |

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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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Burning poison ivy is the safest way to get rid of it for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t16:o1:1
# text = Burning poison ivy is the safest way to get rid of it for good
1	Burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ivy	ivy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | gerund |  | poison ivy |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ivy=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Burning | the safest way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for good; rid *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for good=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Smoke cleans the oil off the plant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t16:o2:1
# text = Smoke cleans the oil off the plant
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cleans	clean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | present | Smoke | the oil |  | the plant |  |  | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent oil=Theme off plant=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Never burn poison ivy; its oil gets into smoke and lungs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t16:o3:1
# text = Never burn poison ivy; its oil gets into smoke and lungs
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	burn	burn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ivy	ivy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
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	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	lungs	lung	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **burn** | imperative | you *not said here* | poison ivy |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ivy=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | ivy's oil |  |  | smoke and lungs |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into smoke=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only touching it is a problem, not smoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t16:o4:1
# text = Only touching it is a problem, not smoke
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | touching | a problem and smoke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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