Test 1 · ★★ · Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mu…

«does the horse feel it when they hammer the nails in?? sounds horrible» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: horse, they · What happens: feel, hammer, sound, be · To what, where: it, nails · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 208 «Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mules» 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 feel	punct
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	nsubj
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 sounds	nsubj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 feel	obj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 hammer	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hammer	nsubj
9	hammer	hammer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 nails	det
11	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hammer	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	9 hammer	obl
13	??	??	PUNCT	_	5 feel	punct
14	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sounds	xcomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 sounds	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sounds	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 sounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel in a quote	present · do-support	the horse	it		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	hammer in a quote	present	they	the nails		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=Patient
3	sound in a quote	present			horrible property	tree rules
4	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

Yes, that is why horses neigh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 why	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 why	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 why	cop
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 neigh	nsubj
7	neigh	neigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 why	advcl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					why property	tree rules
2	neigh	present	horses						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it hurts a lot, but horses are brave and never show it

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 hurts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hurts	nsubj
4	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lot	det
6	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hurts	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 brave	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 brave	cc
9	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 brave	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 brave	cop
11	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hurts	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 show	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 show	advmod
14	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 brave	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hurt	present	it	a lot		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Patient
2	is	present	horses		brave property	tree rules
3	not show	infinitive	horses not said here	lot		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

Option 3

No, because farriers always use strong glue, never any nails at all, on a hoof

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 use	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 use	mark
4	farriers	farrier	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 use	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 use	advmod
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 glue	amod
8	glue	glue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 nails	punct
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 nails	advmod
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 nails	det
12	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 glue	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 nails	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hoof	punct
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 hoof	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 hoof	det
18	hoof	hoof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	farriers	strong glue and any nails		a hoof		always property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glue=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, the nails go into the hoof wall, which has no feeling, like a nail clipping

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nails	det
4	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 wall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
8	hoof	hoof	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wall	compound
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 has	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 has	nsubj
12	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wall	acl:relcl
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 feeling	det
14	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 clipping	punct
16	like	like	ADP	_	19 clipping	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 clipping	det
18	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 clipping	compound
19	clipping	clipping	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 feeling	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the nails			the hoof wall			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wall=Initial_Location
2	have	present	the hoof wall	no feeling and a nail clipping					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient

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