Test 12 · ★★ · Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mu…

«why's my horse got no rug and my mate's has one» Which is the best reason?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: horse, mate · What happens: be, have · To what, where: one best reason

This is test 12 · ★★ 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	_	6 got	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 got	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 got	cop
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 horse	nmod:poss
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 rug	det
8	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 has	cc
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mate	nmod:poss
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 has	nsubj
12	's	's	PART	_	11 mate	case
13	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 got	conj
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 reason	nummod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 one	punct
16	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 reason	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 reason	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 reason	det
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 reason	amod
20	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 has	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	my horse		get property	tree rules
2	have in a quote	present	my mate			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		the one best reason		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

Rugs make all horses slower, so racing horses never wear them, even in the coldest winter

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rugs	rug	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 horses	det
4	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
5	slower	slow	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 make	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wear	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 wear	advmod
8	racing	race	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 horses	amod
9	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 wear	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 wear	advmod
11	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 make	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wear	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 winter	punct
14	even	even	ADV	_	18 winter	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 winter	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 winter	det
17	coldest	cold	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 winter	amod
18	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	Rugs	all horses	slow property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset horse=Product
2	race	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not wear	present	racing horses	Rugs = rug		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source

Option 2

Rugs are only for show horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rugs	rug	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 horses	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 horses	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 horses	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 horses	case
5	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 horses	compound
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Rugs					for show horses	tree rules

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

A hardy pony with a thick coat may need none, a clipped horse may need one

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pony	det
2	hardy	hardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pony	amod
3	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	nsubj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 coat	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 coat	det
6	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 coat	amod
7	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pony	nmod
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 need	aux
9	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	9 need	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 need	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 horse	det
13	clipped	clip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 horse	amod
14	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 need	nsubj
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 need	aux
16	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 need	parataxis
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	need	may	a hardy pony with a thick coat	none	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot none=Theme
2	clip	participle			vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	need	may	a clipped horse	one	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme

Option 4

Horses without rugs are always ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ill	nsubj
2	without	without	ADP	_	3 rugs	case
3	rugs	rug	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Horses	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ill	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 ill	advmod
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Horses without rugs					always, ill property	tree rules

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