Test 1 · ★★★ · Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hooves, toes, eggs and…

In the film Barnyard, the male cows have big udders and walk on their back legs. What do the numbers say?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: male cows, numbers · What happens: have, walk, say · To what, where: big udders, film, back legs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 350 «Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hooves, toes, eggs and litres» 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, the male cows have big udders and walk on their back legs.

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	9 have	obl
4	Barnyard	Barnyard	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 film	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 film	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cows	det
7	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cows	compound
8	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 have	nsubj
9	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 udders	amod
11	udders	udder	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 have	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 walk	cc
13	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 have	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	17 legs	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 legs	nmod:poss
16	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 legs	compound
17	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 walk	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the male cows	big udders		the film			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent udder=Patient
2	walk	present	the male cows not said here			cows's back legs			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory

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 do the numbers say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 numbers	det
4	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	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	present · do-support	the numbers						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Male cows have four udders each and give more milk than the females do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cows	amod
2	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 udders	nummod
5	udders	udder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 udders	nmod:unmarked
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 give	cc
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	conj
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 milk	amod
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
11	than	than	SCONJ	_	14 do	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 females	det
13	females	female	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 give	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	present	Male cows	four udders each	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent udder=Patient
2	give	infinitive	Male cows not said here	more milk	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme
3	do	present	the females		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Only cows that have calved make milk, and real cattle walk on four feet with two toes each

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 cows	advmod
2	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 calved	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 calved	nsubj
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 calved	aux
5	calved	calve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 calved	conj
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 walk	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 walk	cc
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cattle	amod
11	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 walk	nsubj
12	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 calved	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 feet	case
14	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 feet	nummod
15	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 walk	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 toes	case
17	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 toes	nummod
18	toes	toe	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 walk	obl
19	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 calved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	calve	present · perfect	cows				vn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	infinitive	cows not said here	milk			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset milk=Product
3	walk	present	real cattle		four feet	with two toes	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cattle walk on two toes in total

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walk	nsubj
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 toes	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 toes	nummod
5	toes	toe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walk	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 total	case
7	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	Cattle			two toes		in total	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on toe=Trajectory

Option 4

Nothing is wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing					wrong property	tree rules

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