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title: «sheep alone in the field bleating like mad, drama queen» Why is it… — Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep… · tree and pragmatics
description: «sheep alone in the field bleating like mad, drama queen» Why is it upset? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 139 «Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, gazelles, kangaroos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, g…

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«sheep alone in the field bleating like mad, drama queen» Why is it upset?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** field, sheep · **What happens:** bleat, be

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 139 «Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, gazelles, kangaroos» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t6:1
# text = «sheep alone in the field bleating like mad, drama queen» Why is it upset?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	bleating	bleat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bleat** *in a quote* | gerund | the field *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like mad | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | sheep in the field |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Sheep are flock animals, and a lone sheep feels unsafe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t6:o1:1
# text = Sheep are flock animals, and a lone sheep feels unsafe
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	lone	lone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sheep | flock animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | present | a lone sheep |  |  |  |  | unsafe *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is singing to the farmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t6:o2:1
# text = It is singing to the farmer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · progressive | It |  | the farmer |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to farmer=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is hungry for meat and wants the farmer to come and feed it some

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t6:o3:1
# text = It is hungry for meat and wants the farmer to come and feed it some
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for meat; hungry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present |  | the farmer |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot farmer=Theme |
| 3 | **come** | to-infinitive |  | the farmer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **feed** | infinitive |  | farmer |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient some=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It wants to be shorn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t6:o4:1
# text = It wants to be shorn
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	shorn	shorn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **shorn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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