Test 5 · ★ · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs

«sod the whistle, just shout at the dog, it's 2 fields away» Why do shepherds whistle anyway?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sod, shepherds · What happens: shout, be, whistle · To what, where: 2 fields · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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 sod	punct
2	sod	sod	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shout	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 whistle	det
4	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sod	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sod	punct
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 shout	advmod
7	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 dog	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dog	det
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shout	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fields	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fields	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fields	cop
14	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 fields	nummod
15	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 away	obl:unmarked
16	away	away	ADV	_	7 shout	advmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 shout	punct
18	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	21 whistle	advmod
19	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 whistle	aux
20	shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 whistle	nsubj
21	whistle	whistle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 shout	parataxis
22	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	21 whistle	advmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 shout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express in a quote	infinitive	sod		at the dog; away property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	sod	2 fields		tree rules
3	whistle	present · do-support	shepherds		anyway property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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

Whistles are a law for shepherds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whistles	whistle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 law	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 law	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 law	det
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 shepherds	case
6	shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 law	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Whistles	a law				for shepherds	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Dogs hate the sound of voices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hate	nsubj
2	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sound	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 voices	case
6	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sound	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	Dogs	the sound of voices					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A whistle carries farther over hills and wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 whistle	det
2	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carries	nsubj
3	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 carries	advmod
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 hills	case
6	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carries	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wind	cc
8	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hills	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	a whistle			hills and wind		far property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Shouting makes dogs run away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present		dogs		tree rules
3	run away	infinitive	dogs not said here		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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