Test 17 · Farm animals and horses

they reckon cows are harmless, they just eat grass, so it's fine to walk the dog through the field with calves

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, cows · What happens: reckon, be, eat, walk · To what, where: grass, dog, field

This is test 17 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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reckon	nsubj
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 harmless	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 harmless	cop
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reckon	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 eat	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 eat	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 eat	advmod
9	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckon	conj
10	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eat	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fine	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 fine	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fine	expl
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fine	cop
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reckon	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 walk	mark
17	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 fine	csubj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 dog	det
19	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 walk	obj
20	through	through	ADP	_	22 field	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 field	det
22	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 walk	obl
23	with	with	ADP	_	24 calves	case
24	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	they				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	cows			harmless property	tree rules
3	eat	present	cows = cow	grass			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
4	is	present	they not said here			fine property	tree rules
5	walk	to-infinitive		the dog	the field	with calves	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent dog=Theme through field=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Not safe; cows with calves can charge people with dogs, so keep away from calves

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 safe	advmod
2	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cows	amod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 safe	punct
4	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 charge	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 calves	case
6	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cows	nmod
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 charge	aux
8	charge	charge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 charge	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 dogs	case
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 charge	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 keep	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 keep	advmod
14	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 charge	conj
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 keep	advmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 calves	case
17	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	can	safe cows with calves		people			with dogs	vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient with dog=Theme
2	keep away	infinitive	safe cows with calves not said here					from calves; away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from calf=Eventuality

Option 2

They are right, if you walk between cow and calf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 walk	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 walk	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 walk	nsubj
7	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
8	between	between	ADP	_	9 cow	case
9	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walk	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 calf	cc
11	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					right property	tree rules
2	walk a condition, not said to happen	present	you					between cow and calf	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between cow=Trajectory

Option 3

They are right, cows never charge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 charge	punct
5	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 charge	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 charge	advmod
7	charge	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					right property	tree rules
2	not charge	present	cows						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They are right, as long as the dog barks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 long	punct
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 long	advmod
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 right	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 barks	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 barks	nsubj
10	barks	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					long, right property	tree rules
2	bark	present	the dog						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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