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title: A father puts netting over the strawberries. How should he put it up… — Keeping garden wildlife safe · tree and pragmatics
description: A father puts netting over the strawberries. How should he put it up so it does not harm animals? Test 5 · ★★ 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 wro
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Keeping garden wildlife safe

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A father puts netting over the strawberries. How should he put it up so it does not harm animals?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** father, it · **What happens:** put, net, put up, not harm · **To what, where:** strawberries, it, animals

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A father puts netting over the strawberries.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t5:1
# text = A father puts netting over the strawberries.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	netting	net	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present | a father |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **net** | gerund | a father *not said here* |  |  | the strawberries |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* How should he put it up so it does not harm animals?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t5:2
# text = How should he put it up so it does not harm animals?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
12	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put up** | should | father | it |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
| 2 | **not** **harm** | present · do-support | it | animals |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Loose and floppy so it is soft if animals land on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t5:o1:1
# text = Loose and floppy so it is soft if animals land on it
1	Loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	floppy	floppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	land	land	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **land** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | animals |  |  | it |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on it=Destination |

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

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Pulled tight so no bird or hedgehog can get tangled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t5:o2:1
# text = Pulled tight so no bird or hedgehog can get tangled
1	Pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	tangled	tangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tangle** | can · passive |  | no bird or hedgehog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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With big holes torn in it for birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t5:o3:1
# text = With big holes torn in it for birds
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | participle |  | big holes *not said here* |  | it |  | for birds | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lying on the ground around the plants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t5:o4:1
# text = Lying on the ground around the plants
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | the ground |  | around the plants | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location |

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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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