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Test 1 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures

A family in Kent forgot to shut their chickens in for the night. In the morning some hens are missing. What most likely happened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, hens · What happens: forget, not shut, be, happen · To what, where: chickens

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» 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 in Kent forgot to shut their chickens in for the night.

detnsubjcasenmodmarkxcompnmod:possobjcasecasedetoblpunctrootADETfamilyNOUNinADPKentPROPNforgotVERBtoPARTshutVERBtheirPRONchickensNOUNinADPforADPtheDETnightNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 familydet
2familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing5 forgotnsubj
3ininADP_4 Kentcase
4KentKentPROPNNumber=Sing2 familynmod
5forgotforgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6totoPART_7 shutmark
7shutshutVERBVerbForm=Inf5 forgotxcomp
8theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 chickensnmod:poss
9chickenschickenNOUNNumber=Plur7 shutobj
10ininADP_13 nightcase
11forforADP_13 nightcase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 nightdet
13nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing7 shutobl
14..PUNCT_5 forgotpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1forgetpasta family in Kenttree rules
2not shutto-infinitivea family in Kent not said heretheir chickensnightvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chicken=Patient

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: In the morning some hens are missing.

casedetobldetnsubjcoppunctrootInADPtheDETmorningNOUNsomeDEThensNOUNareAUXmissingADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 morningcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 morningdet
3morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing7 missingobl
4somesomeDETPronType=Ind5 hensdet
5henshenNOUNNumber=Plur7 missingnsubj
6arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 missingcop
7missingmissingADJDegree=Posrootroot
8..PUNCT_7 missingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentsome hensmorningmissing propertytree rules

Sentence 3: What most likely happened?

nsubjadvmodadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONmostADVlikelyADVhappenedVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 happenednsubj
2mostmostADVDegree=Sup3 likelyadvmod
3likelylikelyADV_4 happenedadvmod
4happenedhappenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 happenedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenparticiplelikely propertyvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A fox or other predator attacked in the dark

detccamodconjaclcasedetoblrootADETfoxNOUNorCCONJotherADJpredatorNOUNattackedVERBinADPtheDETdarkNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 foxdet
2foxfoxNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3ororCCONJ_5 predatorcc
4otherotherADJDegree=Pos5 predatoramod
5predatorpredatorNOUNNumber=Sing2 foxconj
6attackedattackVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 foxacl
7ininADP_9 darkcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 darkdet
9darkdarkNOUNNumber=Sing6 attackedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1attackparticiplea fox or other predator not said herethe darkvn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The hens went off to lay their eggs somewhere else

detnsubjcompound:prtmarkadvclnmod:possobjadvmodadvmodrootTheDEThensNOUNwentVERBoffADPtoPARTlayVERBtheirPRONeggsNOUNsomewhereADVelseADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 hensdet
2henshenNOUNNumber=Plur3 wentnsubj
3wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4offoffADP_3 wentcompound:prt
5totoPART_6 laymark
6laylayVERBVerbForm=Inf3 wentadvcl
7theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 eggsnmod:poss
8eggseggNOUNNumber=Plur6 layobj
9somewheresomewhereADVPronType=Ind6 layadvmod
10elseelseADV_9 somewhereadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go offpastthe hensvn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2layto-infinitivethe hens not said herehens's eggssomewhere propertyvn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result

Option 3

The hens flew south for the winter

detnsubjadvmodcasedetoblrootTheDEThensNOUNflewVERBsouthADVforADPtheDETwinterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 hensdet
2henshenNOUNNumber=Plur3 flewnsubj
3flewflyVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4southsouthADV_3 flewadvmod
5forforADP_7 wintercase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 winterdet
7winterwinterNOUNNumber=Sing3 flewobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1flypastthe henswintersouth propertyvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The hens were too warm and left

detnsubjcopadvmodccconjrootTheDEThensNOUNwereAUXtooADVwarmADJandCCONJleftVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 hensdet
2henshenNOUNNumber=Plur5 warmnsubj
3werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 warmcop
4tootooADV_5 warmadvmod
5warmwarmADJDegree=Posrootroot
6andandCCONJ_7 leftcc
7leftleaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 warmconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe henswarm propertytree rules
2leaveparticiplethe hens not said herevn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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