--- title: What would happen to a farm sheep that was never shorn for years? — Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a farm sheep that was never shorn for years? Test 7 · ★★ 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 option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, g… What would happen to a farm sheep that was never shorn for years? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, not shorn · **To what, where:** farm sheep This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t7:1 # text = What would happen to a farm sheep that was never shorn for years? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 shorn shorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a farm sheep | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **shorn** | past · passive | | a farm sheep | | | year | | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It would turn into a goat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t7:o1:1 # text = It would turn into a goat 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | | | into a goat *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into goat=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} Its wool would just drop off by itself every spring ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t7:o2:1 # text = Its wool would just drop off by itself every spring 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 drop drop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop off** | would | Its wool | | | | spring | by wool | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by itself=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, wool stops growing after a year ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t7:o3:1 # text = Nothing, wool stops growing after a year 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Nothing wool | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **grow** | gerund | Nothing wool *not said here* | | | | year | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Its fleece would keep growing very heavy and hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals:t7:o4:1 # text = Its fleece would keep growing very heavy and hot 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 fleece fleece NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | would | Its fleece | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | gerund | Its fleece *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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