--- title: «bloody horse just bolted cos a bird flew up, and the rest followed,… — Horses and ponies: how they eat, see,… · tree and pragmatics description: «bloody horse just bolted cos a bird flew up, and the rest followed, stupid lot» Why did they all run? Test 8 · ★ 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 --- [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/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/) / [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Horses and ponies: how they eat, see, sleep and live in he… «bloody horse just bolted cos a bird flew up, and the rest followed, stupid lot» Why did they all run? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bird, they · **What happens:** bolt, fly up, follow, run · **To what, where:** bloody horse, rest This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t8:1 # text = «bloody horse just bolted cos a bird flew up, and the rest followed, stupid lot» Why did they all run? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 bolted bolt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 21 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 nsubj _ _ 24 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bolt** *in a quote* | participle · passive | | bloody horse | | | | | vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **fly up** *in a quote* | past | a bird | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **follow** *in a quote* | participle · passive | | the rest | | | | stupid lot *obl* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **run** | past · do-support | they | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Horses hate birds and chase them away from the field whenever they can ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t8:o1:1 # text = Horses hate birds and chase them away from the field whenever they can 1 Horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 chase chase VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 5 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | present | Horses | birds | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus | | 2 | **chase away** | present | Horses *not said here* | birds *= bird* | | the field | | away, whenever *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from field=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Horses are prey animals, and running together kept them safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t8:o2:1 # text = Horses are prey animals, and running together kept them safe 1 Horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 8 together together ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Horses | prey animals | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **keep** | past | running | Horses *= horse* | | | | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were racing for the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t8:o3:1 # text = They were racing for the gate 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 racing race VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **race** | past · progressive | They | | | | | for the gate | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The first horse was the farmer's ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t8:o4:1 # text = The first horse was the farmer's 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the first horse | | | | | 's the farmer | tree rules | **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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