Test 3 · Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can myth

In Shaun the Sheep the sheep stand on two legs and talk. What is true of real sheep?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sheep · What happens: stand, talk, be · To what, where: Shaun

This is test 3 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

Sentence 1: In Shaun the Sheep the sheep stand on two legs and talk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Shaun	case
2	Shaun	Shaun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 stand	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sheep	det
4	Sheep	Sheep	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Shaun	appos
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sheep	det
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stand	nsubj
7	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 legs	case
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 legs	nummod
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stand	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 talk	cc
12	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stand	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	the sheep			Shaun		on two legs	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shaun=Location
2	talk	infinitive	the sheep not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 true of real sheep?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sheep	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sheep	amod
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of real sheep; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They walk on four legs and talk to each other with bleats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 walk	nsubj
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 legs	case
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 legs	nummod
5	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walk	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 talk	cc
7	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 walk	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 each	case
9	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	7 talk	obl
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 each	fixed
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 bleats	case
12	bleats	bleat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	They			four legs			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory
2	talk	infinitive	They not said here					to each; with bleats	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Agent

Option 2

They have two legs and two arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 legs	nummod
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 arms	cc
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 arms	nummod
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 legs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	two legs and two arms					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient

Option 3

They walk on two legs at night when the farmer cannot see them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 walk	nsubj
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 legs	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 legs	nummod
5	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walk	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walk	obl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 see	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 farmer	det
10	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 see	advmod
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 walk	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	They			two legs	night		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory
2	not see	can	the farmer	legs = leg					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4

They only stand up to eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stand	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 stand	advmod
3	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 stand	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	6 eat	mark
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stand	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	present	They						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	to-infinitive	They not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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