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title: In a cartoon, a sheepdog barks nonstop and chases sheep in every dir… — Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a sheepdog barks nonstop and chases sheep in every direction. What do real good sheepdogs do? Test 3 · ★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs

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In a cartoon, a sheepdog barks nonstop and chases sheep in every direction. What do real good sheepdogs do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sheepdog, real good sheepdogs · **What happens:** bark, chase, be, do · **To what, where:** nonstop, cartoon, sheep, direction

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a sheepdog barks nonstop and chases sheep in every direction.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t3:1
# text = In a cartoon, a sheepdog barks nonstop and chases sheep in every direction.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sheepdog	sheepdog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	barks	bark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	nonstop	nonstop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	chases	chase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | present | a sheepdog | nonstop |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nonstop=Theme |
| 2 | **chase** | present | a sheepdog *not said here* | sheep |  | every direction |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme in direction=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What do real good sheepdogs do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t3:2
# text = What do real good sheepdogs do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sheepdogs	sheepdog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | real good sheepdogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bite the sheep to make them run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t3:o1:1
# text = Bite the sheep to make them run
1	Bite	bite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sheep |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | sheep |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **run** | infinitive | sheep *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Run round and round in circles until the sheep get dizzy and fall over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t3:o2:1
# text = Run round and round in circles until the sheep get dizzy and fall over
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	round	round	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	round	round	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	fall	fall	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
14	over	over	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | circles |  | round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory |
| 2 | **get** | present | the sheep |  |  |  |  | dizzy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **fall over** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bark as loudly as they can all the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t3:o3:1
# text = Bark as loudly as they can all the time
1	Bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Work quietly, crouching and staring so the sheep move steadily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t3:o4:1
# text = Work quietly, crouching and staring so the sheep move steadily
1	Work	work	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	crouching	crouch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	steadily	steadily	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **crouch** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stare** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **move** | present | the sheep |  |  |  |  | steadily *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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