Test 3 · ★★ · A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking, harvest and winter f…

«forecast says rain tomorrow and the grass is cut» What would a hay farmer do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: forecast, hay farmer · What happens: say, cut, do · To what, where: grass · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
2	forecast	forecast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tomorrow	compound
5	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cut	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grass	det
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cut	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 cut	aux:pass
10	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 cut	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 do	obj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 do	aux
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 farmer	det
15	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 farmer	compound
16	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 do	nsubj
17	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 cut	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	forecast		tomorrow	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	cut in a quote	present · passive		the grass		tree rules
3	do	would	a hay farmer			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Wait until after the rain has stopped and then cut some more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 stopped	mark
3	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 stopped	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rain	det
5	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stopped	nsubj
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stopped	aux
7	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cut	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 cut	advmod
10	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 more	det
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	present · perfect	the rain			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	cut	infinitive	you not said here	some more	then	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset more=Product

Option 2

Leave it to soak, because rain is good for hay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 soak	mark
4	soak	soak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leave	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 good	mark
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 good	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 good	cop
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leave	parataxis
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 hay	case
11	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 good	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	soak	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	rain		for hay; good property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Hurry to turn and bale the hay before the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hurry	hurry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 turn	mark
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hurry	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 bale	cc
5	bale	bale	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hay	det
7	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bale	obj
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 rain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rain	det
10	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bale	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	hurry	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	turn	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	bale	infinitive	you not said here	the hay	before the rain	tree rules

Option 4

Cover the field with straw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 field	det
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cover	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 straw	case
5	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cover	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	imperative	you not said here	the field				with straw	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent field=Destination with straw=Theme

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