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# Test 4 · ★★ · Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mu…

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«it's a dead quiet pony, I don't need a helmet, stop nagging» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, dead quiet pony · **What happens:** be, not need, stop, nag · **To what, where:** dead quiet pony, helmet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 208 «Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mules» 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/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t4:1
# text = «it's a dead quiet pony, I don't need a helmet, stop nagging» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
17	nagging	nag	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a dead quiet pony |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **need** *in a quote* | present · do-support | a dead quiet pony | a helmet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | a dead quiet pony *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **nag** *in a quote* | gerund | a dead quiet pony *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only adults need helmets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t4:o1:1
# text = Only adults need helmets
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | adults | helmets |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot helmet=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Any pony may spook and throw you, so wear a helmet every time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t4:o2:1
# text = Any pony may spook and throw you, so wear a helmet every time
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	spook	spook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spook** | may | any pony |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **throw** | infinitive | any pony *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 3 | **wear** | infinitive | any pony *not said here* | a helmet |  |  | time |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Quiet ponies never move at all, so no helmet is ever needed on them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t4:o3:1
# text = Quiet ponies never move at all, so no helmet is ever needed on them
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ponies	pony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	13	advmod	_	_
13	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **move** | present | Quiet ponies |  |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |
| 2 | **need** | present · passive |  | no helmet |  |  | ever | on ponies *= pony* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Helmets are only for racing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t4:o4:1
# text = Helmets are only for racing
1	Helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	racing	racing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Helmets |  |  |  |  | for racing | tree rules |

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