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title: At a barbecue, a guest gives a dog leftovers with onions and grapes.… — Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet · tree and pragmatics
description: At a barbecue, a guest gives a dog leftovers with onions and grapes. Why should the children stop this? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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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# Test 4 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet

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At a barbecue, a guest gives a dog leftovers with onions and grapes. Why should the children stop this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** guest, children · **What happens:** give, stop · **To what, where:** dog leftovers, barbecue, this

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At a barbecue, a guest gives a dog leftovers with onions and grapes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t4:1
# text = At a barbecue, a guest gives a dog leftovers with onions and grapes.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	leftovers	leftover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | a guest | a dog leftovers |  | a barbecue |  | with onions and grapes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent leftover=Theme at barbecue=Asset |

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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:* Why should the children stop this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t4:2
# text = Why should the children stop this?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | should | the children | this |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector this=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Dogs prefer sweets to onions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t4:o1:1
# text = Dogs prefer sweets to onions
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | Dogs | sweets |  |  |  | to onions | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sweet=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It will make the dog much too thirsty on a hot day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t4:o2:1
# text = It will make the dog much too thirsty on a hot day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | future | It | the dog |  |  |  | thirsty *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material dog=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dogs never eat food from barbecues

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t4:o3:1
# text = Dogs never eat food from barbecues
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	barbecues	barbecue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | present | Dogs | food |  | barbecues |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Onions and grapes can make dogs very ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t4:o4:1
# text = Onions and grapes can make dogs very ill
1	Onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | Onions and grapes | dogs |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Product |

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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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