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title: gonna give the horse a carrot with my fingers — Allergies, horses and farm animals · tree and pragmatics
description: gonna give the horse a carrot with my fingers Test 15 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 15 · ★★ · Allergies, horses and farm animals

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gonna give the horse a carrot with my fingers

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** carrot, horse

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This is test 15 · ★★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t15:1
# text = gonna give the horse a carrot with my fingers
1	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	carrot	carrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a carrot | the horse |  |  | with my fingers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient carrot=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Hold it by the tip with your fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t15:o1:1
# text = Hold it by the tip with your fingers
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	fingers	finger	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** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | by the tip; with your fingers | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by tip=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Throw it at the horse's face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t15:o2:1
# text = Throw it at the horse's face
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	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 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the horse's face |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at face=Destination |

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

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Hold it on a flat hand, fingers together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t15:o3:1
# text = Hold it on a flat hand, fingers together
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
9	together	together	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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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 |  | a flat hand |  | fingers *obl*; together *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on hand=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hold it high above its head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t15:o4:1
# text = Hold it high above its head
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	above	above	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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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 |  | its head |  | high *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme above head=Location |

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