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title: State which of the following foods may render a pet seriously ill. — Caring for pets and staying safe aroun… · tree and pragmatics
description: State which of the following foods may render a pet seriously ill. Exam question 4 of lesson 287 «Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo animals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 4 · Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo…

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State which of the following foods may render a pet seriously ill.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** following foods · **What happens:** follow, render · **To what, where:** State

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 287 «Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo animals» 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/287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely:e4:1
# text = State which of the following foods may render a pet seriously ill.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	foods	food	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	render	render	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 | **render** | may | the following foods | State |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent which=Recipient pet=Theme |

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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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Dry food sold for pets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely:e4:o1:1
# text = Dry food sold for pets
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | participle |  | Dry food *not said here* |  |  |  | for pets | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for pet=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Pet food prepared for that species and sold in shops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely:e4:o2:1
# text = Pet food prepared for that species and sold in shops
1	Pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | participle |  | Pet food *not said here* |  |  |  | for that species | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for species=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **sell** | participle |  |  |  | shops |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

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

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Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes and the sweetener xylitol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely:e4:o3:1
# text = Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes and the sweetener xylitol
1	Onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	garlic	garlic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sweetener	sweetener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	xylitol	xylitol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fresh drinking water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely:e4:o4:1
# text = Fresh drinking water
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	drinking	drinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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