Test 15 · ★ · Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, f…

kids say the farmer shot a dog "just for barking" and are naming whose it was. spread it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, farmer · What happens: say, shoot, bark, name, be, spread · To what, where: dog, farmer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 326 «Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 farmer	det
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shot	nsubj
5	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shot	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 barking	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 barking	advmod
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 barking	mark
11	barking	bark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 shot	advcl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 barking	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 naming	cc
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 naming	aux
15	naming	name	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 shot	advcl
16	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	18 was	nmod:poss
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 was	nsubj
18	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 naming	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
20	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 spread	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kids		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	shoot	past	the farmer	a dog	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
3	bark in a quote	gerund	the farmer not said here		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	name	present · progressive	the farmer not said here		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	be	past	farmer		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	spread	infinitive	kids not said here	farmer	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

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, and say the farmer is evil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 say	cc
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 farmer	det
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 evil	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 evil	cop
8	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the farmer					evil property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, post it online

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 post	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 post	obj
5	online	online	ADV	_	3 post	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it				online property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Yes, name the owner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 name	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	name	name	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 owner	det
5	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 name	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	imperative	you not said here	the owner					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it's rumour; just keep dogs on a lead near sheep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 rumour	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rumour	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rumour	cop
5	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 keep	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 keep	advmod
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rumour	acl:relcl
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keep	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 lead	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lead	det
12	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obl
13	near	near	ADP	_	14 sheep	case
14	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	rumour					tree rules
2	keep	infinitive	rumour not said here	dogs		a lead		near sheep	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dog=Theme on lead=Location

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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