--- title: dad wants slug pellets on the veg, we got a dog and hedgehogs — Keeping garden wildlife safe · tree and pragmatics description: dad wants slug pellets on the veg, we got a dog and hedgehogs Test 14 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★ · Keeping garden wildlife safe dad wants slug pellets on the veg, we got a dog and hedgehogs **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, we · **What happens:** want, get · **To what, where:** slug pellets, veg, dog This is test 14 · ★★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t14:1 # text = dad wants slug pellets on the veg, we got a dog and hedgehogs 1 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 slug slug NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pellets pellet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 veg veg NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 hedgehogs hedgehog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | dad | slug pellets | | the veg | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pellet=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | we | a dog and hedgehogs | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | 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} Only dogs get sick, never hedgehogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t14:o1:1 # text = Only dogs get sick, never hedgehogs 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 hedgehogs hedgehog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | dogs | hedgehogs | | | | sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Put extra pellets to be sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t14:o2:1 # text = Put extra pellets to be sure 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 pellets pellet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | extra pellets | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent pellet=Goal | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Use a safe way instead, pellets can poison pets and wildlife ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t14:o3:1 # text = Use a safe way instead, pellets can poison pets and wildlife 1 Use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 instead instead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 pellets pellet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 poison poison VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 10 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wildlife wildlife NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a safe way | | | | instead *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 2 | **poison** | can | pellets | pets and wildlife | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pellets are fine, animals hate the smell ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t14:o4:1 # text = Pellets are fine, animals hate the smell 1 Pellets pellet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Pellets | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hate** | present | animals | the smell | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus | **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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