Test 6 · ★ · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs

«my mate says the cock crows coz it sees the sun come up» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, cock crows · What happens: say, coz, see, come up, be · To what, where: sun · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crows	det
6	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crows	compound
7	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 coz	nsubj
8	coz	coz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sees	nsubj
10	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sun	det
12	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sees	obj
13	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sees	parataxis
14	up	up	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 come	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	coz in a quote	present	the cock crows			tree rules
3	see in a quote	present	mate	the sun		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus
4	come up in a quote	present				tree rules
5	is	present			right property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It crows by an inner body clock, even before it sees the sun

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 crows	nsubj
2	crows	crow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	7 clock	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 clock	det
5	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clock	amod
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clock	compound
7	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crows	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sees	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	12 sees	advmod
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 sees	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sees	nsubj
12	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 crows	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sun	det
14	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crow	present	It					by a inner body clock	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	present	clock	the sun					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, it crows only at the moment when the sunlight first hits its eyes

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 crows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crows	nsubj
4	crows	crow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 moment	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 moment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moment	det
8	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crows	obl
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 hits	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sunlight	det
11	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hits	nsubj
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 hits	advmod
13	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crows	advcl
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 eyes	nmod:poss
15	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crow	present	it				moment		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hit	present	the sunlight	sunlight's eyes				first property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Co-Theme

Option 3

No, it crows because it is hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 crows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 crows	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crows	nsubj
4	crows	crow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 hungry	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hungry	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hungry	cop
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crow	present	it						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it					hungry property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, it cannot crow on cloudy days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 crow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 crow	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 crow	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 crow	advmod
6	crow	crow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 days	case
8	cloudy	cloudy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 days	amod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not crow	can	it				day		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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