--- title: What would happen if a farmer forgot to shut the hen house at night… — Chickens: eggs, pecking order and livi… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a farmer forgot to shut the hen house at night where foxes live? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 212 «Chickens: eggs, pecking order and living dinosaurs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs/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/) / [Chickens: eggs, pecking order and livi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Chickens: eggs, pecking order and living dinosaurs What would happen if a farmer forgot to shut the hen house at night where foxes live? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** farmer, foxes · **What happens:** happen, forget, not shut, live · **To what, where:** hen house This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 212 «Chickens: eggs, pecking order and living dinosaurs» 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/212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs:t8:1 # text = What would happen if a farmer forgot to shut the hen house at night where foxes live? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 16 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **forget** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a farmer | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **shut** | to-infinitive | a farmer *not said here* | the hen house | | | night | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 4 | **live** | present | foxes | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «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} The hens would lay more eggs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs:t8:o1:1 # text = The hens would lay more eggs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | would | the hens | more eggs | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nothing, foxes are scared of hens ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs:t8:o2:1 # text = Nothing, foxes are scared of hens 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing foxes | | | | | of hens; scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The hens would fly away safely ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs:t8:o3:1 # text = The hens would fly away safely 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 safely safely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly away** | would | the hens | | | | | away, safely *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A fox could get in and kill the hens ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs:t8:o4:1 # text = A fox could get in and kill the hens 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get in** | could | a fox | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **kill** | infinitive | a fox *not said here* | the hens | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Theme | **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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