Test 11 · ★★ · A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking, harvest and winter f…
In a picture book, the farmer hands every animal a sandwich for winter. What do real farm cows eat in a winter shed?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: real farm cows · What happens: be, eat · To what, where: winter shed
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 349 «A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking, harvest and winter feeding» 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 a picture book, the farmer hands every animal a sandwich for winter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 book | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 book | det |
| 3 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | compound |
| 4 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 animal | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 book | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hands | det |
| 7 | farmer | farmer | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hands | amod |
| 8 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 animal | nsubj |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 animal | det |
| 10 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 sandwich | det |
| 12 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 animal | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 winter | case |
| 14 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sandwich | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 animal | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What do real farm cows eat in a winter shed?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cows | amod |
| 4 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cows | compound |
| 5 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 eat | nsubj |
| 6 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 shed | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 shed | det |
| 9 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shed | compound |
| 10 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eat | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | eat | present | real farm cows | a winter shed | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Fresh grass grown in the snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 grass | amod |
| 2 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 grass | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 snow | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 snow | det |
| 6 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | Fresh grass not said here | the snow | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in snow=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Hay and silage saved from the summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hay | hay | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 silage | cc |
| 3 | silage | silage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hay | conj |
| 4 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Hay | acl |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 summer | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 summer | det |
| 7 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | participle | Hay and silage not said here | summer | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Sandwiches and cake, just like in the picture book
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandwiches | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 cake | cc |
| 3 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sandwiches | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 book | punct |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 book | advmod |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 book | case |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 book | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 book | det |
| 9 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 book | compound |
| 10 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sandwiches | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Nothing, they hibernate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 hibernate | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hibernate | nsubj |
| 4 | hibernate | hibernate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hibernate | present | they | Nothing vocative | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
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