Test 12 · ★ · Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nat…

«why'd they pay the farmer, the wolf ate his sheep not them» What is the reason?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, wolf · What happens: pay, eat, be · To what, where: farmer, sheep, reason

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 283 «Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nature back» 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	_	11 ate	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 pay	advmod
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 pay	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pay	nsubj
5	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 ate	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 farmer	det
7	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 pay	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wolf	det
10	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ate	nsubj
11	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 sheep	nmod:poss
13	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ate	obj
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 them	advmod
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ate	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 ate	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 ate	obj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 reason	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 reason	det
20	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 What	acl:relcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pay in a quote	present	they	the farmer		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Asset
2	eat in a quote	past	the wolf	wolf's sheep	sheep obl	tree rules
3	is a	present		the 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

It is a reward for every wolf the farmer shoots on his land

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 reward	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reward	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reward	det
4	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 wolf	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 wolf	det
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reward	nmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 farmer	det
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shoots	nsubj
10	shoots	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reward	acl:relcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 land	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 land	nmod:poss
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shoots	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a reward				for every wolf	tree rules
2	shoot	present	the farmer	a reward not said here		farmer's land			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent reward=Theme on land=Destination

Option 2

The farmer sold the sheep to the wolf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sheep	det
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 wolf	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wolf	det
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	the farmer	the sheep	the wolf				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme to wolf=Recipient

Option 3

Farmers are paid to feed wolves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paid	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	aux:pass
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 feed	mark
5	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 paid	advcl
6	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive		Farmers					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	feed	to-infinitive		wolves					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Fair rules help farmers and wild animals live side by side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rules	amod
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 live	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 animals	cc
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animals	amod
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 farmers	conj
8	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 help	ccomp
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 live	obl:unmarked
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 side	case
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Fair rules						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	live	present	farmers and wild animals	side				by side	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by side=Location

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