Test 17 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures

heard a fox got into the Lees' chicken coop and killed all of them cos they forgot to shut it

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fox, Lees · What happens: hear, get, kill, forget, not shut · To what, where: chicken coop, all, fox · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	ccomp
5	into	into	ADP	_	10 coop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Lees	det
7	Lees	lee	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 coop	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 Lees	case
9	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coop	compound
10	coop	coop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 killed	cc
12	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	conj
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 killed	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 all	nmod
16	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	18 forgot	mark
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 forgot	nsubj
18	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	advcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 shut	mark
20	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 forgot	xcomp
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 shut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	get	past	a fox		the Lees's chicken coop	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into coop=Destination
3	kill	past		all		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme
4	forget	past	Lees = lee			tree rules
5	not shut	to-infinitive	Lees = lee not said here	fox		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=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.

The options

Option 1

Real lesson: chickens should never be kept in gardens because foxes always get them in the end

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 kept	punct
4	chickens	chicken	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 kept	nsubj:pass
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 kept	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 kept	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 kept	aux:pass
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lesson	parataxis
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 gardens	case
10	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 kept	obl
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 get	mark
12	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 get	nsubj
13	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	14 get	advmod
14	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 kept	advcl
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 get	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 end	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 end	det
18	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not keep	should · passive		chickens		gardens			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in garden=Location
2	get	present	foxes	chickens = chicken			in the end	always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 2

It is gossip, so coops can be left open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 left	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 left	advmod
6	coops	coop	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 left	nsubj:pass
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 left	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 left	aux:pass
9	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gossip	acl:relcl
10	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip					tree rules
2	leave	can · passive	gossip not said here	coops				open property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It proves foxes only hunt in the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 proves	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 hunt	advmod
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It	foxes					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent fox=Attribute clause=Theme
2	hunt	present					day		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Real lesson: shut chickens in at night, because foxes and other predators attack in the dark

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 attack	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chickens	punct
4	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chickens	amod
5	chickens	chicken	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 attack	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chickens	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 foxes	punct
10	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	11 foxes	case
11	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chickens	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 predators	cc
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 predators	amod
14	predators	predator	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chickens	conj
15	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 dark	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dark	det
18	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 attack	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present	Real lesson			the dark			vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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