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title: A boy feeds lawn clippings to horses over a fence because he thinks… — Allergies, horses and farm animals · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy feeds lawn clippings to horses over a fence because he thinks it is just grass. Why is this a problem? Test 5 · ★★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Allergies, horses and farm animals

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A boy feeds lawn clippings to horses over a fence because he thinks it is just grass. Why is this a problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, fence, this · **What happens:** feed, think, be · **To what, where:** lawn clippings, horses, fence, grass, problem · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy feeds lawn clippings to horses over a fence because he thinks it is just grass.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t5:1
# text = A boy feeds lawn clippings to horses over a fence because he thinks it is just grass.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	clippings	clipping	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | a boy | lawn clippings | horses | a fence |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent clipping=Theme to horse=Recipient |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | fence | grass |  |  |  |  | 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:* Why is this a problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t5:2
# text = Why is this a problem?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is too much food for one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t5:o1:1
# text = It is too much food for one day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | much food |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Horses only eat carrots and apples

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t5:o2:1
# text = Horses only eat carrots and apples
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Horses | carrots and apples |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carrot=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The wrong food can make horses very ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t5:o3:1
# text = The wrong food can make horses very ill
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	horses	horse	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 | the wrong food | horses |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material horse=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lawn grass is too short for horses to bite and chew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t5:o4:1
# text = Lawn grass is too short for horses to bite and chew
1	Lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lawn grass |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bite** | to-infinitive | horses |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **chew** | infinitive | horses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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