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title: horse in the field looks hungry, can i give him my apple — Allergies, horses and farm animals · tree and pragmatics
description: horse in the field looks hungry, can i give him my apple Test 12 · ★★ 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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# Test 12 · ★★ · Allergies, horses and farm animals

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
horse in the field looks hungry, can i give him my apple

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** horse, i · **What happens:** look, give · **To what, where:** apple, horse

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm animals» 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/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t12:1
# text = horse in the field looks hungry, can i give him my apple
1	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	_
12	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | horse in the field |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **give** | can | i | my apple | horse |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient apple=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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Yes, throw it over the fence to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, throw it over the fence to him
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	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	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | him *= he* | the fence |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme over fence=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Only with the owner's permission, on a flat hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t12:o2:1
# text = Only with the owner's permission, on a flat hand
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** |  | the owner |  |  | a flat hand |  |  | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent on=place |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, hold it in your fingers for him to nibble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, hold it in your fingers for him to nibble
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	nibble	nibble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | your fingers |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in finger=Location |
| 2 | **nibble** | to-infinitive | him *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, horses can eat anything you have

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, horses can eat anything you have
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | can | horses | anything |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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