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title: Your cat likes to sniff around the shed where rat poison is kept. Wh… — Keeping garden wildlife safe · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cat likes to sniff around the shed where rat poison is kept. What is wise? Test 7 · ★★ 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 7 · ★★ · Keeping garden wildlife safe

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Your cat likes to sniff around the shed where rat poison is kept. What is wise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** like, sniff, keep, be · **To what, where:** rat poison

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cat likes to sniff around the shed where rat poison is kept.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t7:1
# text = Your cat likes to sniff around the shed where rat poison is kept.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sniff	sniff	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	around	around	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | Your cat |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sniff** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Your cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | around the shed | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent around shed=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | present · passive |  | rat poison |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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:* What is wise?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t7:2
# text = What is wise?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Keep the cat away and tell an adult the poison is reachable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t7:o1:1
# text = Keep the cat away and tell an adult the poison is reachable
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	reachable	reachable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | infinitive |  | the cat |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  | the poison | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient poison=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | reachable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Move the poison into the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t7:o2:1
# text = Move the poison into the garden
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* | the poison |  | the garden |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent poison=Theme into garden=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hide the poison under the cat's bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t7:o3:1
# text = Hide the poison under the cat's bed
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the poison |  | the cat's bed |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent poison=Patient under bed=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Let the cat sniff, because cats always know what is poison and what is food

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t7:o4:1
# text = Let the cat sniff, because cats always know what is poison and what is food
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sniff	sniff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cat sniff |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sniff=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | present | cats |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | poison and food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | poison and food | food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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