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Test 8 · ★ · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs

A dog runs straight at a flock from behind and the sheep jump in surprise. Why?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, sheep · What happens: run, jump · To what, where: flock, surprise

This is test 8 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A dog runs straight at a flock from behind and the sheep jump in surprise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 runs	nsubj
3	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	3 runs	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 flock	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 flock	det
7	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 runs	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 behind	case
9	behind	behind	ADV	_	3 runs	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 jump	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sheep	det
12	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 jump	nsubj
13	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 runs	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 surprise	case
15	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 jump	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 runs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	a dog			a flock		straight property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at flock=Trajectory
2	jump	present	the sheep			surprise			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in surprise=Trajectory

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.

Sentence 2: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Sheep cannot hear at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hear	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hear	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 hear	advmod
4	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	can	Sheep			all			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Sheep see only what is in front of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 see	nsubj
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 what	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 front	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 front	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 front	case
7	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 see	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Sheep						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present				front		of Sheep	tree rules

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

Sheep see least right behind and right in front

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 see	nsubj
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	least	least	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 see	advmod
4	right	right	ADV	_	5 behind	advmod
5	behind	behind	ADV	_	2 see	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 right	cc
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 behind	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 front	case
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Sheep			front		behind, least property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Sheep sleep with their eyes open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sleep	nsubj
2	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 eyes	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyes	nmod:poss
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sleep	obl
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sleep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	Sheep					with Sheep's eyes; open property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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