Test 11 · ★★ · Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth

«cows are thick, they just stand there» Which fact shows that is unfair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cows, fact, that · What happens: be, stand, show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ 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 thick	punct
2	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 thick	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thick	cop
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shows	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stand	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 stand	advmod
8	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thick	advcl
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 stand	advmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 thick	punct
11	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	12 fact	det
12	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shows	nsubj
13	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 unfair	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 unfair	cop
16	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shows	ccomp
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	cows		thick property	tree rules
2	stand in a quote	present	cows = cow	there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	show	present	which fact			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	that		unfair 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cows learn routines and their names and choose when to be milked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 learn	nsubj
2	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	routines	routine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 learn	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 names	cc
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 names	nmod:poss
6	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 routines	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 choose	cc
8	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 learn	conj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 milked	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	12 milked	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 milked	aux:pass
12	milked	milk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 choose	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	learn	present	Cows	routines and Cows's names	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent routine=Topic
2	choose	infinitive	Cows not said here		tree rules
3	milk	to-infinitive · passive	Cows not said here		vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»
4	name		Cows = cow		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Cows can read the farm sign

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 read	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 read	aux
3	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sign	det
5	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sign	compound
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	can	Cows	the farm sign					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic

Option 3

Cows never move all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 move	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 move	advmod
3	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 move	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not move	present	Cows				day		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Cows cannot tell one another apart, even the cows they live with every day

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tell	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 tell	obj
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 one	fixed
7	apart	apart	ADV	_	4 tell	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cows	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	11 cows	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cows	det
11	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tell	obl
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 live	nsubj
13	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cows	acl:relcl
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 day	case
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	can	Cows	one			day	the cows obl; apart property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient
2	live	present	Cows = cow	the cows not said here					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme cow=Location

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