Test 11 · Farm animals and horses

cows with calves in the field, we've got the dog

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cows · What happens: get · To what, where: dog

This is test 11 of lesson 28 «Farm animals and horses» of the everyday 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	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 got	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 calves	case
3	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 cows	nmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 field	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calves	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 cows	punct
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
9	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 got	aux
10	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dog	det
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · perfect	cows with calves in the field	the dog					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus

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

Hold the dog tight and run for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hold	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 run	cc
6	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	the dog				tight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	run	infinitive	you not said here					for dog	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary

Option 2

Walk between a cow and calf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	between	between	ADP	_	4 cow	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cow	det
4	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 calf	cc
6	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here					between a cow and calf	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between cow=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

If they chase, let go of the lead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 chase	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chase	nsubj
3	chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 let	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 chase	punct
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 lead	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lead	det
9	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	chase a condition, not said to happen	present	they		vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	let	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	you not said here	of the lead	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of lead=Initial_Location

Option 4

Go and pat the calves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 pat	cc
3	pat	pat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 calves	det
5	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pat	infinitive	you not said here	the calves					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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