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title: Given that feeding a pony is permitted, ascertain the manner of feed… — Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: anim… · tree and pragmatics
description: Given that feeding a pony is permitted, ascertain the manner of feeding most likely to avert injury. Exam question 2 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 2 · Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not you…

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Given that feeding a pony is permitted, ascertain the manner of feeding most likely to avert injury.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** give, feed, permit, ascertain, avert · **To what, where:** pony, manner, injury

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» 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/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e2:1
# text = Given that feeding a pony is permitted, ascertain the manner of feeding most likely to avert injury.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	feeding	feeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	15	advmod	_	_
15	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	avert	avert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
18	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **feed** | gerund | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **permit** | present · passive |  | a pony |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **ascertain** *not said to happen* | infinitive |  | the manner of feeding |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Topic |
| 5 | **avert** | to-infinitive |  | injury |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

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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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Holding the food between the fingertips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e2:o1:1
# text = Holding the food between the fingertips
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fingertips	fingertip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  | the food |  | the fingertips |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent food=Theme between fingertip=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Offering the food from the feeder's mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e2:o2:1
# text = Offering the food from the feeder's mouth
1	Offering	offer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	feeder	feeder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | gerund |  | the food |  | the feeder's mouth |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

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

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Presenting the food upon a flat open palm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e2:o3:1
# text = Presenting the food upon a flat open palm
1	Presenting	present	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | gerund |  | the food |  |  |  | upon a flat open palm | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Casting the food towards the animal's face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:e2:o4:1
# text = Casting the food towards the animal's face
1	Casting	cast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | gerund |  | the food |  | the animal's face |  |  | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent food=Theme towards face=Destination |

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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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