Test 7 · ★★★ · Thinking like an animal

Why is a cow with a new calf more dangerous than the same cow without one?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cow · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 dangerous	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dangerous	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cow	det
4	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dangerous	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 calf	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 calf	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 calf	amod
8	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cow	nmod
9	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 dangerous	advmod
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	than	than	ADP	_	14 cow	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cow	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cow	amod
14	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dangerous	obl
15	without	without	ADP	_	16 one	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 cow	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a cow with a new calf					than the same cow without one; dangerous property	tree rules

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

Parents instinctively defend their young

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 defend	nsubj
2	instinctively	instinctively	ADV	_	3 defend	advmod
3	defend	defend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 young	nmod:poss
5	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 defend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defend	present	Parents	Parents's young				instinctively property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Beneficiary

Option 2

Cows with calves are always hungry and cross

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hungry	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 calves	case
3	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Cows	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hungry	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 hungry	advmod
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cross	cc
8	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hungry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cows with calves					always, hungry property	tree rules
2	be		Cows with calves not said here						tree rules

Option 3

Having a calf makes its mother see less well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 makes	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 calf	det
3	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 makes	xcomp
8	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 see	advmod
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		a calf		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Patient
2	make	present	Having	calf's mother		tree rules
3	see	present	calf's mother not said here		less, well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Cows charge only when they feel very tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 charge	nsubj
2	charge	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	2 charge	advmod
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 feel	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 feel	nsubj
6	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 charge	advcl
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 tired	advmod
8	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	present	Cows						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	feel	present	Cows = cow					tired property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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