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title: «mean old barn cat, why do farmers even keep one» Why do they? — Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs · tree and pragmatics
description: «mean old barn cat, why do farmers even keep one» Why do they? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 144 «Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs

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«mean old barn cat, why do farmers even keep one» Why do they?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** farmers · **What happens:** mean, keep, do · **To what, where:** old barn cat, one

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 144 «Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs» 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/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t10:1
# text = «mean old barn cat, why do farmers even keep one» Why do they?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
14	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | present |  | old barn cat |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *in a quote* | present · do-support | farmers | one |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | present | farmers *= farmer* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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It warns the farmer when it rains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t10:o1:1
# text = It warns the farmer when it rains
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rains	rain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | It |  | the farmer |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent farmer=Recipient |
| 2 | **rain** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It guards the farm from foxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t10:o2:1
# text = It guards the farm from foxes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	guards	guard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | present | It | the farm |  |  |  | from foxes | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent farm=Beneficiary from fox=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It catches mice and rats that come for the grain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t10:o3:1
# text = It catches mice and rats that come for the grain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | It | mice and rats |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present | mice and rats |  |  |  |  | for the grain | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It herds the hens at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t10:o4:1
# text = It herds the hens at night
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	herds	herd	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **herd** | present | It | the hens |  |  | night |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hen=Patient |

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