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description: «cows are thick, they just stand there» Which fact shows that is unfair? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 209 «Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth» 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.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth

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«cows are thick, they just stand there» Which fact shows that is unfair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cows, fact, that · **What happens:** be, stand, show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 209 «Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth» 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/209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:t11:1
# text = «cows are thick, they just stand there» Which fact shows that is unfair?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
11	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	12	det	_	_
12	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cows |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | cows *= cow* |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **show** | present | which fact |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | unfair *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Cows learn routines and their names and choose when to be milked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:t11:o1:1
# text = Cows learn routines and their names and choose when to be milked
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	routines	routine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	milked	milk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present | Cows | routines and Cows's names |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent routine=Topic |
| 2 | **choose** | infinitive | Cows *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **milk** | to-infinitive · passive | Cows *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP» |
| 4 | **name** |  | Cows *= cow* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cows can read the farm sign

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:t11:o2:1
# text = Cows can read the farm sign
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | can | Cows | the farm sign |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cows never move all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:t11:o3:1
# text = Cows never move all day
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **move** | present | Cows |  |  |  | day |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cows cannot tell one another apart, even the cows they live with every day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:t11:o4:1
# text = Cows cannot tell one another apart, even the cows they live with every day
1	Cows	cow	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	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	fixed	_	_
7	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | Cows | one |  |  | day | the cows *obl*; apart *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient |
| 2 | **live** | present | Cows *= cow* | the cows *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme cow=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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