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Test 4 · Farm animals and horses

A family walking in Devon finds cows with calves in the field. Their dog is on a lead. What is wise?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, dog · What happens: walk, find, be · To what, where: Devon, cows, field, lead

This is test 4 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

Sentence 1: A family walking in Devon finds cows with calves in the field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finds	nsubj
3	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 family	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Devon	case
5	Devon	Devon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 walking	obl
6	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 finds	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 calves	case
9	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 finds	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 field	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finds	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 finds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	a family not said here			Devon			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in devon=Trajectory
2	find	present	a family	cows		the field		with calves	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Topic

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: Their dog is on a lead.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dog	nmod:poss
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lead	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lead	cop
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 lead	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lead	det
6	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	calves's dog			a lead			tree rules

Sentence 3: What is wise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wise	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wise	cop
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wise property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Walk right through the middle of the herd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	right	right	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 middle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 middle	det
5	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 herd	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 herd	det
8	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the middle of the herd		right property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through middle=Trajectory

Option 2

Stop to stroke the calves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 stroke	mark
3	stroke	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stop	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 calves	det
5	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stroke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	stroke	to-infinitive	you not said here	the calves					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Walk calmly round the edge, keeping well away from the calves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	round	round	ADP	_	5 edge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 edge	det
5	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keeping	punct
7	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Walk	advcl
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	7 keeping	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 calves	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 calves	det
12	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the edge		calmly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round edge=Trajectory
2	keep	gerund	you not said here					away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Let the dog run to chase the cows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	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 Let	obj
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 chase	mark
6	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 run	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cows	det
8	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chase	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	the dog					tree rules
2	run	infinitive	the dog not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	chase	to-infinitive	the dog not said here	the cows					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme

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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