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title: A dingo, a sheep farmer and a long fence. What is the fence for? — The Australian outback: red kangaroos,… · tree and pragmatics
description: A dingo, a sheep farmer and a long fence. What is the fence for? Test 10 of lesson 165 «The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils and runaway camels and toads» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 10 · The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils…

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A dingo, a sheep farmer and a long fence. What is the fence for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fence · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 of lesson 165 «The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils and runaway camels and toads» 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/165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A dingo, a sheep farmer and a long fence.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t10:1
# text = A dingo, a sheep farmer and a long fence.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dingo	dingo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What is the fence for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t10:2
# text = What is the fence for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fence |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keeping sheep away from dingoes' puppies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t10:o1:1
# text = Keeping sheep away from dingoes' puppies
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	dingoes	dingo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | gerund |  |  | sheep |  |  | from dingoes's puppies; away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer sheep=Beneficiary from puppy=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keeping the hot sun off the sheep by holding up a shade cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t10:o2:1
# text = Keeping the hot sun off the sheep by holding up a shade cloth
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the hot sun |  |  |  | off the sheep | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Theme |
| 2 | **hold up** | gerund |  | a shade cloth |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cloth=Theme |

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

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Keeping dingoes away from the farmer's sheep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t10:o3:1
# text = Keeping dingoes away from the farmer's sheep
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	dingoes	dingo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | dingoes |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dingo=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stopping emus from flying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t10:o4:1
# text = Stopping emus from flying
1	Stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	emus	emu	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | gerund |  | emus |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality emu=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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