--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Check the claim, not the person · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the substance which renders chocolate poisonous to dogs? Exam question 4 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/e4/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Check the claim, not the person](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Check the claim, not the person Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the substance which renders chocolate poisonous to dogs? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** substance · **What happens:** follow, characteris, render · **To what, where:** substance, chocolate, dogs This is exam question 4 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/world/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:e4:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the substance which renders chocolate poisonous to dogs? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 renders render VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 chocolate chocolate NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the substance | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **render** | present | the substance | chocolate | dogs | | | poisonous *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent chocolate=Theme to dog=Recipient | 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} Sugar, which renders dogs excitable ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:e4:o1:1 # text = Sugar, which renders dogs excitable 1 Sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 renders render VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 excitable excitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **render** | present | Sugar | dogs | | | | excitable *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cocoa butter, which dogs cannot swallow or digest ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:e4:o2:1 # text = Cocoa butter, which dogs cannot swallow or digest 1 Cocoa cocoa NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 5 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 digest digest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **swallow** | can | dogs | Cocoa butter | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 2 | **digest** | infinitive | dogs *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Milk, which dogs are unable to drink ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:e4:o3:1 # text = Milk, which dogs are unable to drink 1 Milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det _ _ 4 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which dogs | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **drink** | to-infinitive | which dogs *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Theobromine, which dogs metabolise poorly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:e4:o4:1 # text = Theobromine, which dogs metabolise poorly 1 Theobromine theobromine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det _ _ 4 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 metabolise metabolise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 poorly poorly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **metabolise** | present | which dogs | | | | | poorly *property* | tree rules | **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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