Test 1 · Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can myth
«my cousin says sheep are dead thick, they just follow anyone» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, sheep · What happens: say, be, follow · To what, where: anyone · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 211 «Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can 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 says | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 thick | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 thick | cop |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 thick | amod |
| 8 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 follow | punct |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 follow | nsubj |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 follow | advmod |
| 12 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 thick | conj |
| 13 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 follow | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 anyone | punct |
| 15 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 right | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 right | cop |
| 17 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | my cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | sheep | thick property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | follow in a quote | present | sheep | anyone | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | ||||
| 4 | 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
Yes, sheep cannot learn anything at all, not even their names
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 learn | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 learn | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 learn | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 learn | advmod |
| 6 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 learn | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 anything | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 names | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 names | advmod |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 14 names | advmod |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 names | nmod:poss |
| 14 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 learn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not learn | can | sheep | anything | all | sheep's names obl | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic | ||
| 2 | name | sheep | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, they follow the flock for safety and can remember dozens of faces
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 follow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 follow | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 follow | nsubj |
| 4 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 flock | det |
| 6 | flock | flock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 follow | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 safety | case |
| 8 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flock | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 remember | cc |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 remember | aux |
| 11 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 follow | conj |
| 12 | dozens | dozen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 remember | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 faces | case |
| 14 | faces | face | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 dozens | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | present | they | the flock | for safety | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent flock=Theme for safety=Attribute | |||
| 2 | remember | can | they not said here | dozens of faces | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent dozen=Theme |
Option 3
No, sheep never follow each other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 follow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 follow | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 follow | advmod |
| 5 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 5 follow | obj |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 each | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not follow | present | sheep | each | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, sheep are blind so they follow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 blind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 blind | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 blind | cop |
| 5 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 follow | advmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 follow | nsubj |
| 8 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 blind | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sheep | blind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | follow | present | sheep | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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