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title: A girl in Edinburgh asks why carrots should be only a treat for her… — Dogs and rabbits in your care · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Edinburgh asks why carrots should be only a treat for her rabbit. What is the reason? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 62 «Dogs and rabbits in your care» 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
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# Test 1 · ★ · Dogs and rabbits in your care

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A girl in Edinburgh asks why carrots should be only a treat for her rabbit. What is the reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, carrots, reason · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** treat

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 62 «Dogs and rabbits in your care» 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/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Edinburgh asks why carrots should be only a treat for her rabbit.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:t1:1
# text = A girl in Edinburgh asks why carrots should be only a treat for her rabbit.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
7	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	treat	treat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a girl in Edinburgh |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | should | carrots | a treat |  |  |  | for girl's rabbit | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the reason?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:t1:2
# text = What is the reason?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Rabbits cannot bite through carrots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:t1:o1:1
# text = Rabbits cannot bite through carrots
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bite** | can | Rabbits |  |  | carrots |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent through carrot=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Carrots are sugary; hay keeps its teeth and gut healthy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:t1:o2:1
# text = Carrots are sugary; hay keeps its teeth and gut healthy
1	Carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sugary	sugary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	gut	gut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Carrots |  |  |  |  | sugary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | hay | hay's teeth and gut |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Carrots make rabbits thump their feet and get cross with each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:t1:o3:1
# text = Carrots make rabbits thump their feet and get cross with each other
1	Carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thump	thump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	9	obl	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Carrots |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **thump** | present | rabbits | rabbits's feet |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | infinitive | rabbits *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cross *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Carrots are poisonous for rabbits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:t1:o4:1
# text = Carrots are poisonous for rabbits
1	Carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Carrots |  |  |  |  | for rabbits; poisonous *property* | 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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