Test 10 · ★ · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs

«mean old barn cat, why do farmers even keep one» Why do they?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: farmers · What happens: mean, keep, do · To what, where: old barn cat, one

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 144 «Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 mean	punct
2	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cat	amod
4	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cat	compound
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mean	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 keep	punct
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 keep	advmod
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 keep	aux
9	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 keep	nsubj
10	even	even	ADV	_	11 keep	advmod
11	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 mean	parataxis
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 keep	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 mean	punct
14	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 do	advmod
15	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 mean	advcl
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 do	nsubj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean in a quote	present		old barn cat	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Topic
2	keep in a quote	present · do-support	farmers	one	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
3	do	present	farmers = farmer		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1

It warns the farmer when it rains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warns	nsubj
2	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 farmer	det
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warns	obj
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 rains	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rains	nsubj
7	rains	rain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 warns	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	It		the farmer				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent farmer=Recipient
2	rain	present	it						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 2

It guards the farm from foxes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 guards	nsubj
2	guards	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 farm	det
4	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guards	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 foxes	case
6	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 guards	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	present	It	the farm				from foxes	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent farm=Beneficiary from fox=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It catches mice and rats that come for the grain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 catches	nsubj
2	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 catches	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 rats	cc
5	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mice	conj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 mice	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 grain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 grain	det
10	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	It	mice and rats					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme
2	come	present	mice and rats					for the grain	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It herds the hens at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 herds	nsubj
2	herds	herd	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hens	det
4	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 herds	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 herds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	herd	present	It	the hens			night		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hen=Patient

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