Test 7 · ★★ · A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking, harvest and winter f…

«stinks out here, why's the farmer covering the field in poo» What is the reason?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: farmer, poo · What happens: stink out, cover, be · To what, where: field, reason

This is test 7 · ★★ 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	_	2 stinks	punct
2	stinks	stink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 stinks	compound:prt
4	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 stinks	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 why	punct
6	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 stinks	parataxis
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 why	advcl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 farmer	det
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 's	nsubj
10	covering	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 farmer	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 covering	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 poo	case
14	poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 covering	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 poo	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 reason	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 reason	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 reason	det
19	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 poo	acl:relcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 stinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stink out in a quote	present			here		vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cover in a quote	gerund	the farmer not said here	the field		in poo	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent field=Destination in poo=Theme
3	is a	present	poo	the reason			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 · ✓ the right answer

Manure feeds the soil with the things that plants need to grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Manure	manure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feeds	nsubj
2	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feeds	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 things	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 things	det
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feeds	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 need	obj
9	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 need	nsubj
10	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 things	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 grow	mark
12	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 need	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feed	present	Manure	the soil	with the things	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Recipient
2	need	present	plants	the things		tree rules
3	grow not said to happen	to-infinitive	the things not said here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It keeps the snow off

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	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 snow	det
4	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	2 keeps	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep off	present	It	the snow					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Theme

Option 3

It is a way of getting rid of rubbish

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	4 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 way	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 way	det
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 getting	mark
6	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 way	acl
7	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 getting	xcomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 rubbish	case
9	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a way					tree rules
2	get	gerund	a way not said here					rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He is trying to scare the walkers away so they stop crossing his land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 scare	mark
5	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 walkers	det
7	walkers	walker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scare	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	5 scare	advmod
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 stop	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stop	nsubj
11	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	advcl
12	crossing	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 stop	xcomp
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 land	nmod:poss
14	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 crossing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	He			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	scare away not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the walkers	away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus walker=Experiencer
3	stop	present	walkers = walker			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	cross	gerund	walkers = walker not said here	his land		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient

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