Test 9 · Farm animals and horses
horse at the farm, can i go round the back of it
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: horse · What happens: go · To what, where: back
This is test 9 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 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 go | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 farm | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 farm | det |
| 4 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 horse | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 horse | punct |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 go | aux |
| 7 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 go | nsubj |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | round | round | ADP | _ | 11 back | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 back | det |
| 11 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 go | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 back | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | can | horse at the farm | the back of back | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round back=Initial_Location |
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
Yes, horses like that
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 horses | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 horses | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Yes, if you're quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 quick | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 quick | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 quick | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 quick | cop |
| 6 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | quick property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, pull its tail gently so it knows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 pull | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 pull | punct |
| 3 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 tail | nmod:poss |
| 5 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pull | obj |
| 6 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 3 pull | advmod |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 knows | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 knows | nsubj |
| 9 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pull | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | imperative | you not said here | its tail | gently property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | |||
| 2 | know | present | tail | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it may kick if surprised
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 kick | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kick | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 kick | aux |
| 5 | kick | kick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 surprised | mark |
| 7 | surprised | surprised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kick | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | may | it | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
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