Test 3 · Horses, zebras and donkeys

Why should you never walk straight up behind a horse?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: not walk

This is test 3 of lesson 25 «Horses, zebras and donkeys» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 walk	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 walk	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 walk	advmod
5	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 up	advmod
7	up	up	ADV	_	5 walk	advmod
8	behind	behind	ADP	_	10 horse	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 horse	det
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not walk	should	you					behind a horse	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind horse=Trajectory

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

The back of a horse is the hottest part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 back	det
2	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 horse	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 back	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 part	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
8	hottest	hot	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the back of a horse	the hottest part					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It can't see you there and may kick in fright

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	4 see	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	obj
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 see	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kick	cc
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 kick	aux
9	kick	kick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 see	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 fright	case
11	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	It	you		there			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
2	kick	may				fright			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Horses only like being stroked on the tail, never on the face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stroked	nsubj:pass
2	only	only	ADV	_	5 stroked	advmod
3	like	like	SCONJ	_	5 stroked	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stroked	aux:pass
5	stroked	stroke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 tail	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tail	det
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stroked	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 face	punct
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 face	advmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 face	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 face	det
13	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stroked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stroke	gerund · passive		Horses				on the face; on the tail	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: subject=Experiencer on tail=Theme

Option 4

Horses are deaf from behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deaf	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deaf	cop
3	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 behind	case
5	behind	behind	ADV	_	3 deaf	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Horses					deaf property	tree rules

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