Test 10 · ★★ · Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth

«that cow keeps following the other one everywhere, weird» What is the likely reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cow · What happens: keep, follow, be · To what, where: other one, likely reason

This is test 10 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 keeps	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 cow	det
3	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	nsubj
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keeps	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 one	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 one	amod
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 following	obj
9	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 following	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 weird	punct
11	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keeps	xcomp
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 weird	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 reason	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 reason	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 reason	det
16	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 reason	amod
17	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 weird	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep in a quote	present	that cow		weird property	tree rules
2	follow in a quote	gerund	that cow not said here	the other one	everywhere property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
3	is a	present		the likely 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cows have best friends and stay close to them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 friends	amod
4	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stay	cc
6	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 have	conj
7	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stay	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Cows	best friends					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
2	stay	present	Cows not said here					close property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It is lost and cannot see where it is going

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 see	cc
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 see	advmod
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lost	conj
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 going	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 going	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 going	aux
11	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		It	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	not see	can			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	go	present · progressive	it		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is the other cow's calf, always

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 calf	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 calf	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cow	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cow	amod
5	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 calf	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 cow	case
7	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 calf	punct
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 calf	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the other cow's calf				always property	tree rules

Option 4

It wants to steal the best grass from it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 steal	mark
4	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grass	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 grass	amod
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steal	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 steal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	It						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	steal not said to happen	to-infinitive		the best grass		grass			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent grass=Theme from it=Source

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