--- title: «why's the front goose always changing» What is right? — Ducks, geese and farm myths · tree and pragmatics description: «why's the front goose always changing» What is right? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 213 «Ducks, geese and farm myths» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths/t11/) [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/) / [Ducks, geese and farm myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Ducks, geese and farm myths «why's the front goose always changing» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** front goose · **What happens:** change, be This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 213 «Ducks, geese and farm myths» 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/213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t11:1 # text = «why's the front goose always changing» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 changing change VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the front goose | | | | | always *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} The front goose keeps getting lost, so another one takes over the map ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t11:o1:1 # text = The front goose keeps getting lost, so another one takes over the map 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | the front goose | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | gerund | the front goose *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **lose** | participle | the front goose *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | present | another one | | | the map | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The front goose falls asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t11:o2:1 # text = The front goose falls asleep 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | the front goose | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They take turns because the front is most tiring ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t11:o3:1 # text = They take turns because the front is most tiring 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 turns turn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 9 advmod _ _ 9 tiring tiring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | They | turns | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the front | | | | | tiring *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are racing to be first ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t11:o4:1 # text = They are racing to be first 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 racing race VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **race** | present · progressive | They | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | 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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