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title: «cows lying down, gonna rain, cancel the picnic» What is right? — Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cap… · tree and pragmatics
description: «cows lying down, gonna rain, cancel the picnic» What is right? Test 5 · ★★ 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 5 · ★★ · Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth

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«cows lying down, gonna rain, cancel the picnic» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cows, you · **What happens:** lie down, cancel, be · **To what, where:** gonna rain, picnic · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:t5:1
# text = «cows lying down, gonna rain, cancel the picnic» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	gonna	gonna	X	FW	_	7	compound	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	cancel	cancel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** *in a quote* | gerund | cows | gonna rain |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cancel** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the picnic |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Cows lie down to rest whatever the weather, so it tells you nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:t5:o1:1
# text = Cows lie down to rest whatever the weather, so it tells you nothing
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | present | Cows |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rest** | to-infinitive | Cows *not said here* | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whatever=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | weather | nothing | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient nothing=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, cows lying down means snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:t5:o2:1
# text = No, cows lying down means snow
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | gerund | cows *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | cows | snow |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, cows always know when rain is coming, they feel it in their legs

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:t5:o3:1
# text = Yes, cows always know when rain is coming, they feel it in their legs
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | cows |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | present · progressive | rain |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **feel** | present | cows *= cow* | rain |  | cows's legs |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in leg=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only brown cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only brown cows
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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