--- title: A horse turns its ears forward towards you and watches. What does th… — Horses and ponies: how they eat, see,… · tree and pragmatics description: A horse turns its ears forward towards you and watches. What does this tell you? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 207 «Horses and ponies: how they eat, see, sleep and live in herds» 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/207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds/t10/) [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/) / [Horses and ponies: how they eat, see,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Horses and ponies: how they eat, see, sleep and live in he… A horse turns its ears forward towards you and watches. What does this tell you? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** horse, this · **What happens:** turn, watch, tell · **To what, where:** ears, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 207 «Horses and ponies: how they eat, see, sleep and live in herds» 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/207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A horse turns its ears forward towards you and watches. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t10:1 # text = A horse turns its ears forward towards you and watches. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 forward forward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 towards towards ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 watches watch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | a horse | horse's ears | | | | towards you; forward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ear=Theme towards you=Trajectory | | 2 | **watch** | present | a horse *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | 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:* What does this tell you? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t10:2 # text = What does this tell you? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | this | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It cannot hear anything at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t10:o1:1 # text = It cannot hear anything at all 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 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 | It | anything | | all | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is about to kick you hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t10:o2:1 # text = It is about to kick you hard 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 kick kick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **kick** | to-infinitive | | you | | | | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent you=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It is interested in you ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t10:o3:1 # text = It is interested in you 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 interested interested ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | in you; interested *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is angry and warning you ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t10:o4:1 # text = It is angry and warning you 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 warning warn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | gerund | | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | **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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