Test 10 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures

why we gotta shut the chooks in at night, they're fine

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, chooks · What happens: gotta, shut in, be · To what, where: chooks

This is test 10 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 gotta	advmod
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 gotta	nsubj
3	gotta	gotta	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 fine	advcl
4	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gotta	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chooks	det
6	chooks	chook	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shut	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	4 shut	compound:prt
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shut	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 gotta	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fine	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fine	cop
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	gotta	past	we				tree rules
2	shut in	infinitive	we not said here	the chooks	night		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chook=Patient
3	is	present	chooks = chook			fine 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

Foxes and other animals attack them in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attack	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 animals	cc
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animals	amod
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Foxes	conj
5	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 attack	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dark	det
9	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attack	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present	Foxes and other animals	animals = animal		the dark			vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2

So they lay their eggs only at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	3 lay	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lay	nsubj
3	lay	lay	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 eggs	nmod:poss
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lay	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 night	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lay	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present	they	their eggs			night		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result

Option 3

Chickens get lost in the dark n cant find home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chickens	chicken	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	nsubj
2	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 cant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cant	det
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cant	amod
7	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cant	compound
8	cant	cant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lost	parataxis
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		Chickens		the dark n cant			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	find	infinitive		home					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic

Option 4

Chickens are afraid of the stars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chickens	chicken	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 afraid	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 stars	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stars	det
6	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 afraid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Chickens					of the stars; afraid property	tree rules

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