--- title: A dog runs straight at a flock from behind and the sheep jump in sur… — Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs · tree and pragmatics description: A dog runs straight at a flock from behind and the sheep jump in surprise. Why? Test 8 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/t8/) [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/) / [Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs A dog runs straight at a flock from behind and the sheep jump in surprise. Why? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, sheep · **What happens:** run, jump · **To what, where:** flock, surprise This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A dog runs straight at a flock from behind and the sheep jump in surprise. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t8:1 # text = A dog runs straight at a flock from behind and the sheep jump in surprise. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 straight straight ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 behind behind ADV RB _ 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 jump jump VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present | a dog | | | a flock | | straight *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at flock=Trajectory | | 2 | **jump** | present | the sheep | | | surprise | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in surprise=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t8:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Sheep cannot hear at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t8:o1:1 # text = Sheep cannot hear at all 1 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | can | Sheep | | | all | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sheep see only what is in front of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t8:o2:1 # text = Sheep see only what is in front of them 1 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | Sheep | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | front | | of Sheep | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Sheep see least right behind and right in front ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t8:o3:1 # text = Sheep see least right behind and right in front 1 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 least least ADV RBS Degree=Sup 2 advmod _ _ 4 right right ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 behind behind ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | Sheep | | | front | | behind, least *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sheep sleep with their eyes open ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:t8:o4:1 # text = Sheep sleep with their eyes open 1 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | Sheep | | | | | with Sheep's eyes; open *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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