--- title: giving the pony a carrot, how — Farm animals and horses · tree and pragmatics description: giving the pony a carrot, how Test 10 of lesson 28 «Farm animals and horses» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/28-farm-animals-and-horses/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/) / [Farm animals and horses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/28-farm-animals-and-horses/) / t10 # Test 10 · Farm animals and horses giving the pony a carrot, how **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** carrot, pony This is test 10 of lesson 28 «Farm animals and horses» 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/28-farm-animals-and-horses/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t10:1 # text = giving the pony a carrot, how 1 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 carrot carrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | gerund | | a carrot | the pony | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pony=Recipient carrot=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Throw it at its face ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t10:o1:1 # text = Throw it at its face 1 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | its face | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at face=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} On a flat open hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t10:o2:1 # text = On a flat open hand 1 On on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Pushed into its mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t10:o3:1 # text = Pushed into its mouth 1 Pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | participle | | | | its mouth | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into mouth=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Holding the very end in your fingers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t10:o4:1 # text = Holding the very end in your fingers 1 Holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | gerund | | the end | | your fingers | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent end=Theme in finger=Location | **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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