Test 9 · ★ · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs

«why are there stripes across that old hill, like steps» What made them?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: steps · What happens: be, make · To what, where: stripes, old hill, steps

This is test 9 · ★ 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	_	5 stripes	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 stripes	advmod
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stripes	cop
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 stripes	expl
5	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	across	across	ADP	_	9 hill	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 hill	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hill	amod
9	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stripes	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 steps	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 steps	case
12	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stripes	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 steps	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 made	nsubj
15	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 steps	acl:relcl
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 made	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 stripes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		stripes and steps		that old hill; there			tree rules
2	make	past	steps	steps = step					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product

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

Farmers ploughing the side of the hill into steps every single year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	ploughing	plough	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Farmers	acl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 side	det
4	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ploughing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 side	nmod
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 steps	case
9	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ploughing	obl
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 year	det
11	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 year	amod
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ploughing	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plough	gerund	Farmers not said here	the side of the hill			year	into steps	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent side=Theme into step=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sheep walking one behind another on the same paths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Sheep	acl
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 walking	obj
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 another	case
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 one	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 paths	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 paths	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 paths	amod
9	paths	path	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	Sheep not said here	one		another		on the same paths	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent one=Theme on path=Trajectory

Option 3

Giant worms digging in the soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 worms	amod
2	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	digging	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 worms	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 soil	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 soil	det
6	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 digging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	gerund	Giant worms not said here			the soil			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in soil=Location

Option 4

Rain washing the grass into lines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	washing	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Rain	acl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grass	det
4	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washing	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 lines	case
6	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 washing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	gerund	Rain not said here	the grass		lines			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient

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