--- title: can i throw some slug pellets round the veg, mum's out — Keeping garden wildlife safe · tree and pragmatics description: can i throw some slug pellets round the veg, mum's out Test 11 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Keeping garden wildlife safe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Keeping garden wildlife safe can i throw some slug pellets round the veg, mum's out **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i, mum · **What happens:** throw, be out · **To what, where:** slug pellets This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t11:1 # text = can i throw some slug pellets round the veg, mum's out 1 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 5 slug slug NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 pellets pellet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 round round ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 veg veg NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | can | i | some slug pellets | | | | round the veg | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pellet=Theme | | 2 | **be out** | present | mum | | | | | out *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Yes, if the dog is asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t11:o1:1 # text = Yes, if the dog is asleep 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the dog | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, they only hurt slugs, nothing else in the garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, they only hurt slugs, nothing else in the garden 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 slugs slug NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 obl _ _ 9 else else ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | past | they | slugs | | | | nothing *obl* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer slug=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, children never touch poisons, they can kill pets too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t11:o3:1 # text = No, children never touch poisons, they can kill pets too 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 touch touch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 poisons poison NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **touch** | present | children | poisons | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme poison=Co-Theme | | 2 | **kill** | can | children *= child* | pets | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, if you throw just a few ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t11:o4:1 # text = Yes, if you throw just a few 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 throw throw VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | present | you | a few | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Theme | **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. 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