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title: someone said if ur dog even sniffs a slug pellet it dies instantly,… — Keeping garden wildlife safe · tree and pragmatics
description: someone said if ur dog even sniffs a slug pellet it dies instantly, true?? Test 17 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Keeping garden wildlife safe

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someone said if ur dog even sniffs a slug pellet it dies instantly, true??

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** someone, dog · **What happens:** say, sniff, die · **To what, where:** slug pellet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t17:1
# text = someone said if ur dog even sniffs a slug pellet it dies instantly, true??
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sniffs	sniff	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	slug	slug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pellet	pellet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
13	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sniff** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ur's dog | a slug pellet |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pellet=Theme |
| 3 | **die** | present | dog |  |  |  |  | instantly, true *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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False, slug pellets are safe for all pets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t17:o1:1
# text = False, slug pellets are safe for all pets
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	slug	slug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | False slug pellets |  |  |  |  | for all pets; safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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True, but only if the dog is a puppy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t17:o2:1
# text = True, but only if the dog is a puppy
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the dog | a True puppy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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True, it dies the very second it sniffs one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t17:o3:1
# text = True, it dies the very second it sniffs one
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	nsubj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sniffs	sniff	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **sniff** | present | the second | one |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Probably exaggerated, but slug pellets can make dogs very sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t17:o4:1
# text = Probably exaggerated, but slug pellets can make dogs very sick
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	slug	slug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exaggerate** | participle | slug pellets *not said here* |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | can | slug pellets | dogs |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Product |

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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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