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title: heard a goose bit a girl's whole finger off at the lake when she fed… — Respecting wild animals · tree and pragmatics
description: heard a goose bit a girl's whole finger off at the lake when she fed it bread, true?? Test 18 · ★★ of lesson 70 «Respecting wild 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 18 · ★★ · Respecting wild animals

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heard a goose bit a girl's whole finger off at the lake when she fed it bread, true??

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** hear off, feed · **To what, where:** goose bit, lake, finger

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This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 70 «Respecting wild 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/70-respecting-wild-animals/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t18:1
# text = heard a goose bit a girl's whole finger off at the lake when she fed it bread, true??
1	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
14	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	16	mark	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear off** | past |  | a goose bit |  | the lake |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer finger=Stimulus |
| 2 | **feed** | past | girl | finger |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient bread=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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Yes, geese bite off fingers all the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t18:o1:1
# text = Yes, geese bite off fingers all the time
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite off** | present | geese | fingers |  |  | time |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Probably blown up, but fed geese do bite, so don't hand-feed them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t18:o2:1
# text = Probably blown up, but fed geese do bite, so don't hand-feed them
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	fed	fed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow up** | participle | fed geese *not said here* |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **bite** | present · do-support | fed geese |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **hand** | infinitive · do-support | fed geese *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **feed** | infinitive | fed geese *not said here* | geese *= goose* |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, geese have no beaks so cannot bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t18:o3:1
# text = No, geese have no beaks so cannot bite
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	beaks	beak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | geese | no beaks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **bite** | can | no beaks *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, so geese must be chased off every lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:70-respecting-wild-animals:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, so geese must be chased off every lake
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	chased	chase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase off** | must · passive |  | geese |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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