Test 1 · ★★ · Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth
In the film Barnyard, the boy cows have udders and give milk. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy cows · What happens: have, give, be · To what, where: udders, film, milk
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 209 «Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth» 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: In the film Barnyard, the boy cows have udders and give milk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 have | obl |
| 4 | Barnyard | Barnyard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 film | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cows | det |
| 7 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cows | compound |
| 8 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 have | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | udders | udder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 have | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 give | cc |
| 12 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 have | conj |
| 13 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 give | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the boy cows | udders | the film | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent udder=Patient | |||
| 2 | give | present | the boy cows not said here | milk | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: What is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Only bulls give milk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 bulls | advmod |
| 2 | bulls | bull | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | nsubj |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | bulls | milk | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme |
Option 2
Calves give the most milk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calves | calf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | nsubj |
| 2 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 milk | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 milk | advmod |
| 5 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Calves | the milk | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme |
Option 3
Nothing, all cattle give milk, the boys and the girls alike
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 give | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 cattle | det |
| 4 | cattle | cattle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 give | nsubj |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 boys | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 boys | det |
| 9 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 milk | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 girls | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 girls | det |
| 12 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 milk | conj |
| 13 | alike | alike | ADV | _ | 5 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Nothing | milk and the boys and the girls | alike property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Only females give milk; males are bulls and have no udders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 females | advmod |
| 2 | females | female | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | nsubj |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 give | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 bulls | punct |
| 6 | males | male | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bulls | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 bulls | cop |
| 8 | bulls | bull | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 have | cc |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 give | conj |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 udders | det |
| 12 | udders | udder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | females | milk | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | males | bulls | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | have | present | females not said here | no udders | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent udder=Patient |
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