Test 2 · Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and y…

«mate says bulls give milk too, just less of it» Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, bulls, he · What happens: say, give, be · To what, where: milk · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	advcl
4	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	5 give	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 less	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 less	advmod
10	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 give	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 less	nmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
14	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 right	nsubj
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give in a quote	present	bulls	milk		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent milk=Recipient less=Theme
3	is	present	he		right property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, only a cow who has had a calf makes milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cow	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 cow	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cow	det
5	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 makes	nsubj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 had	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 had	aux
8	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 cow	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 calf	det
10	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
11	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · perfect	a cow	a calf					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Patient
2	make	present	a cow	milk					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Product

Option 2

Yes, bulls give about half as much milk as a cow does

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 give	nsubj
4	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADV	_	6 half	advmod
6	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	4 give	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 milk	case
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 milk	amod
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obl
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 does	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cow	det
12	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 does	nsubj
13	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 give	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give about	present	bulls	half				as much milk	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme
2	do	present	a cow						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, but only in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 winter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 winter	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 winter	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 winter	case
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Yes, but bull milk is blue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 blue	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 blue	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 blue	cc
4	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 milk	compound
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blue	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 blue	cop
7	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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