Test 5 · ★★ · Horses, cattle, camels and chickens: how people tamed anim…

«why can't we just ride zebras, they're horses in pyjamas» What is the problem?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, zebras · What happens: not ride, be · To what, where: zebras, horses, pyjamas, problem

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 293 «Horses, cattle, camels and chickens: how people tamed animals» 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	_	7 ride	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 ride	advmod
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 ride	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 ride	advmod
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 ride	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 ride	advmod
7	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	zebras	zebra	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ride	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ride	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 horses	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 horses	cop
12	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ride	parataxis
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 pyjamas	case
14	pyjamas	pyjama	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 horses	nmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 horses	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 problem	obj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 problem	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 problem	det
19	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 horses	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 ride	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not ride in a quote	can	we	zebras		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zebra=Theme
2	is a in a quote	present	zebras = zebra	horses and the problem	pyjamas	tree rules
3	is a	present	zebras = zebra not said here	the problem		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 against the law in every country of the world

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	5 law	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 law	cop
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 law	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 law	det
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 country	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 country	det
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 law	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 world	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 world	det
11	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 country	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			every country of the world		against the law	tree rules

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

Zebras panic, kick and bite and have never been tamed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zebras	zebra	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 panic	nsubj
2	panic	panic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kick	punct
4	kick	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 panic	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bite	cc
6	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kick	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tamed	cc
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 tamed	aux
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 tamed	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 tamed	aux:pass
11	tamed	tame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 panic	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	panic	present	Zebras	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	kick	present	Zebras not said here	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	bite	present	Zebras not said here	vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
4	not tame	present · perfect · passive	Zebras not said here	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»

Option 3

Zebra stripes are sharp and hurt to sit on for long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zebra	zebra	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stripes	compound
2	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sharp	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sharp	cop
4	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hurt	cc
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sharp	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sit	mark
8	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hurt	xcomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	8 sit	compound:prt
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 long	case
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Zebra stripes	sharp property	tree rules
2	hurt	infinitive	Zebra stripes not said here		tree rules
3	sit on	to-infinitive	Zebra stripes not said here	for long	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Zebras are too slow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zebras	zebra	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slow	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slow	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 slow	advmod
4	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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