Test 4 · ★★ · Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mu…

«it's a dead quiet pony, I don't need a helmet, stop nagging» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, dead quiet pony · What happens: be, not need, stop, nag · To what, where: dead quiet pony, helmet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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	_	7 pony	punct
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pony	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 pony	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pony	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pony	amod
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pony	amod
7	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 need	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pony	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 need	nsubj
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 need	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 need	advmod
12	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 helmet	det
14	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 need	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stop	punct
16	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 need	conj
17	nagging	nag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 stop	xcomp
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 need	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 right	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 need	parataxis
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	it	a dead quiet pony		tree rules
2	not need in a quote	present · do-support	a dead quiet pony	a helmet		tree rules
3	stop in a quote	infinitive	a dead quiet pony not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	nag in a quote	gerund	a dead quiet pony not said here			vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	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

Only adults need helmets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 adults	advmod
2	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	helmets	helmet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	adults	helmets					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot helmet=Theme

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

Any pony may spook and throw you, so wear a helmet every time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 pony	det
2	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spook	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 spook	aux
4	spook	spook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 throw	cc
6	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 spook	conj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 throw	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wear	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 wear	advmod
10	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 spook	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 helmet	det
12	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wear	obj
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 time	det
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wear	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	spook	may	any pony			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	throw	infinitive	any pony not said here	you		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	wear	infinitive	any pony not said here	a helmet	time	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme

Option 3

Quiet ponies never move at all, so no helmet is ever needed on them

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ponies	amod
2	ponies	pony	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 move	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 move	advmod
4	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 move	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 needed	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 needed	advmod
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 helmet	det
10	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 needed	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 needed	aux:pass
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 needed	advmod
13	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 move	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not move	present	Quiet ponies			all			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory
2	need	present · passive		no helmet			ever	on ponies = pony	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Helmets are only for racing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helmets	helmet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 racing	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 racing	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 racing	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 racing	case
5	racing	racing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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