Test 6 · Farm animals and horses
At a petting farm in Ohio, Lily eats her sandwich straight after feeding the lambs. Why is this risky?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily, this · What happens: eat, feed, be · To what, where: sandwich, petting farm, lambs
This is test 6 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: At a petting farm in Ohio, Lily eats her sandwich straight after feeding the lambs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 farm | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 farm | det |
| 3 | petting | petting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 farm | compound |
| 4 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 eats | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Ohio | case |
| 6 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 farm | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 farm | punct |
| 8 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 eats | nsubj |
| 9 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 sandwich | nmod:poss |
| 11 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 eats | obj |
| 12 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 9 eats | advmod |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 14 feeding | mark |
| 14 | feeding | feed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 eats | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 lambs | det |
| 16 | lambs | lamb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 feeding | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 eats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Lily | Lily's sandwich | a petting farm in Ohio | straight property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Patient | ||
| 2 | feed | gerund | Lily not said here | the lambs | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Recipient |
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: Why is this risky?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 risky | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 risky | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 risky | nsubj |
| 4 | risky | risky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 risky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | risky property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Bread goes bad after you have been holding wool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 goes | xcomp |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 holding | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 holding | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 holding | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 holding | aux |
| 8 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 goes | advcl |
| 9 | wool | wool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 holding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Bread | bad property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hold | present · perfect · progressive | you | wool | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Theme |
Option 2
The farm will run out of food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 farm | det |
| 2 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | aux |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 food | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 food | case |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | future | the farm | food | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out food=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Germs from the lambs could get into her mouth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 lambs | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lambs | det |
| 4 | lambs | lamb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Germs | nmod |
| 5 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 mouth | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | could | Germs from the lambs | her mouth | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into mouth=Destination |
Option 4
Lambs get jealous of sandwiches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lambs | lamb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 get | xcomp |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sandwiches | case |
| 5 | sandwiches | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 jealous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Lambs | jealous property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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