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title: Identify the manner of feeding a horse when permitted by the owner. — Allergies, horses and farm animals · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the manner of feeding a horse when permitted by the owner. Exam question 3 of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm 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 choice was right.
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# Exam question 3 · Allergies, horses and farm animals

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Identify the manner of feeding a horse when permitted by the owner.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, manner · **What happens:** identify, feed, permit · **To what, where:** manner, horse

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm 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/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:e3:1
# text = Identify the manner of feeding a horse when permitted by the owner.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **feed** | gerund | the manner *not said here* |  | a horse |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient |
| 3 | **permit** | participle | the manner *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the owner | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by owner=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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With the hand held flat, the food resting upon the palm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:e3:o1:1
# text = With the hand held flat, the food resting upon the palm
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | the hand and the food *not said here* |  |  |  | flat *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **rest** | gerund | the food *not said here* |  |  | the palm |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon palm=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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With the food held firmly between the fingertips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:e3:o2:1
# text = With the food held firmly between the fingertips
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fingertips	fingertip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | the food *not said here* |  | the fingertips |  | firmly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between fingertip=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By placing the food directly into the horse's ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:e3:o3:1
# text = By placing the food directly into the horse's ear
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	placing	place	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | gerund |  | the food |  | the horse's ear |  | directly *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By throwing the food over the fence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:e3:o4:1
# text = By throwing the food over the fence
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

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