Test 11 · Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and y…

In the film Barnyard, Otis, a male cow (a bull), has a big pink udder. What would a farmer say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: farmer · What happens: have, say · To what, where: big pink udder, film · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 341 «Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and yoghurt» 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 the film Barnyard, Otis, a male cow (a bull), has a big pink udder.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 film	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 film	det
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 has	obl
4	Barnyard	Barnyard	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 film	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Otis	punct
6	Otis	Otis	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Barnyard	nmod:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cow	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cow	det
9	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cow	amod
10	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Barnyard	appos
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	13 bull	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bull	det
13	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cow	appos
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 bull	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 film	punct
16	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 udder	det
18	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 udder	amod
19	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 udder	amod
20	udder	udder	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 has	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present		a big pink udder		the film			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent udder=Patient

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 would a farmer say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 farmer	det
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	a farmer						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Right, every bull has an udder and gives milk, just like every cow does

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	5 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 bull	det
4	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 udder	det
7	udder	udder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gives	cc
9	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 has	conj
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gives	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 does	punct
12	just	just	ADV	_	16 does	advmod
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 cow	case
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 cow	det
15	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 does	obl
16	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	every bull	a udder		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent udder=Patient
2	give	present	every bull not said here	milk		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme
3	do	present	every bull not said here		like every cow	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Bulls have no udders; only cows have udders and make milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 udders	det
4	udders	udder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 cows	advmod
7	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 have	conj
9	udders	udder	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 make	cc
11	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 have	conj
12	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	present	Bulls	no udders	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent udder=Patient
2	have	present	cows	udders	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent udder=Patient
3	make	present	Bulls not said here	milk	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset milk=Product

Option 3

Right, but bull udders are smaller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 smaller	cc
4	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 udders	compound
5	udders	udder	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 smaller	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 smaller	cop
7	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Right	conj

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

Option 4

Only bulls have udders, cows do not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 bulls	advmod
2	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	udders	udder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
6	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 have	conj
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	bulls	udders					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent udder=Patient
2	not do	present	cows						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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