Test 10 · The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils…
A dingo, a sheep farmer and a long fence. What is the fence for?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: fence · What happens: be
This is test 10 of lesson 165 «The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils and runaway camels and toads» 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 dingo, a sheep farmer and a long fence.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dingo | det |
| 2 | dingo | dingo | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 farmer | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 farmer | det |
| 5 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 farmer | compound |
| 6 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dingo | appos |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 fence | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 fence | det |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 fence | amod |
| 10 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 farmer | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 dingo | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What is the fence for?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fence | det |
| 4 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 fence | nmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fence | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Keeping sheep away from dingoes' puppies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keeping | obj |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Keeping | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 puppies | case |
| 5 | dingoes | dingo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 puppies | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 5 dingoes | case |
| 7 | puppies | puppy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keeping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep away | gerund | sheep | from dingoes's puppies; away property | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer sheep=Beneficiary from puppy=Eventuality |
Option 2
Keeping the hot sun off the sheep by holding up a shade cloth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sun | det |
| 3 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sun | amod |
| 4 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keeping | obj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 sheep | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sheep | det |
| 7 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keeping | obl |
| 8 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 9 holding | mark |
| 9 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Keeping | advcl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 holding | compound:prt |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cloth | det |
| 12 | shade | shade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cloth | compound |
| 13 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 holding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | gerund | the hot sun | off the sheep | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hold up | gerund | a shade cloth | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cloth=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Keeping dingoes away from the farmer's sheep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | dingoes | dingo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keeping | obj |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Keeping | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 sheep | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 farmer | det |
| 6 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sheep | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 farmer | case |
| 8 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | gerund | dingoes | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dingo=Theme |
Option 4
Stopping emus from flying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stopping | stop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | emus | emu | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Stopping | obj |
| 3 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 4 flying | mark |
| 4 | flying | fly | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Stopping | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | gerund | emus | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality emu=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | fly | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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