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description: Select the measure most consistent with the established facts for rendering such a bucket safe to small animals. Exam question 2 of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 2 · Keeping garden wildlife safe

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Select the measure most consistent with the established facts for rendering such a bucket safe to small animals.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, render · **To what, where:** measure, bucket

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:e2:1
# text = Select the measure most consistent with the established facts for rendering such a bucket safe to small animals.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	rendering	render	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	14	det:predet	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the measure |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **render** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | such bucket |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=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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Adding salt so that animals are deterred from it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:e2:o1:1
# text = Adding salt so that animals are deterred from it
1	Adding	add	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	7	mark	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	deterred	deter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | salt |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient |
| 2 | **deter** | present · passive |  | animals |  | salt |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: subject=Beneficiary from it=Eventuality |

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

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Covering it or placing a stick inside so they may climb out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:e2:o2:1
# text = Covering it or placing a stick inside so they may climb out
1	Covering	cover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	placing	place	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | gerund | they *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |
| 2 | **place** | gerund | they *not said here* | a stick |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |
| 3 | **climb out** | may | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Painting it a bright colour so animals can see it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:e2:o3:1
# text = Painting it a bright colour so animals can see it
1	Painting	paint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent it=Patient colour=Result |
| 2 | **see** | can | animals | colour |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Filling it to the brim so that animals can float

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:e2:o4:1
# text = Filling it to the brim so that animals can float
1	Filling	fill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brim	brim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | to the brim; so animals | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **float** | can | Filling |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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