Test 11 · Mammals and how they care for their young

how come a baby horse can walk straight away

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, baby horse · What happens: come, walk

This is test 11 of lesson 75 «Mammals and how they care for their young» of the world 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 come	advmod
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 horse	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 horse	compound
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walk	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 walk	aux
7	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 come	parataxis
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	7 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	imperative	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	walk	can	a baby horse					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A newborn foal can stand and walk within a few hours of birth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 foal	det
2	newborn	newborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 foal	amod
3	foal	foal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stand	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stand	aux
5	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walk	cc
7	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stand	conj
8	within	within	ADP	_	11 hours	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hours	det
10	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hours	amod
11	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 walk	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 birth	case
13	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	can	a newborn foal						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk	infinitive	a newborn foal not said here				hour		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Foals walk because their mum pushes them along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walk	nsubj
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 pushes	mark
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pushes	nsubj
6	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 walk	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pushes	obj
8	along	along	ADV	_	6 pushes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	Foals						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	push	present	Foals's mum	Foals = foal				along property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

Foals learn to walk while still inside their mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 learn	nsubj
2	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 walk	mark
4	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 learn	xcomp
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 still	mark
6	still	still	ADV	_	4 walk	advcl
7	inside	inside	ADP	_	9 mum	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present	Foals						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	walk	to-infinitive	Foals not said here					inside Foals's mum	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside mum=Trajectory

Option 4

Foals are born much older than other babies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 born	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 born	aux:pass
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 older	advmod
5	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 born	xcomp
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 babies	case
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 babies	amod
8	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 older	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present · passive		Foals				old property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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