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title: «what's chewing cud, gross, why'd she spit up her lunch» Why do cows… — Farm animals: milk, eggs, wool and meat · tree and pragmatics
description: «what's chewing cud, gross, why'd she spit up her lunch» Why do cows do it? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 287 «Farm animals: milk, eggs, wool and meat» 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 8 · ★ · Farm animals: milk, eggs, wool and meat

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«what's chewing cud, gross, why'd she spit up her lunch» Why do cows do it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she, cows · **What happens:** chew, spit up, do · **To what, where:** cud, lunch

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 287 «Farm animals: milk, eggs, wool and meat» 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/287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat:t8:1
# text = «what's chewing cud, gross, why'd she spit up her lunch» Why do cows do it?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	cud	cud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	spit	spit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
17	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
18	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** *in a quote* | present · progressive |  | cud |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cud=Patient |
| 2 | **spit up** *in a quote* | would | she | her lunch |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lunch=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | present · do-support | cows | lunch |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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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She is ill, and is being sick because the grass was bad for her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat:t8:o1:1
# text = She is ill, and is being sick because the grass was bad for her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | the grass |  |  |  |  | for her *= she*; bad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She is feeding her calf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat:t8:o2:1
# text = She is feeding her calf
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present · progressive | She |  | her calf |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She does not like grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat:t8:o3:1
# text = She does not like grass
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | She | grass |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot grass=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chewing grass twice helps break it down so microbes can digest it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat:t8:o4:1
# text = Chewing grass twice helps break it down so microbes can digest it
1	Chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
4	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	microbes	microbe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	digest	digest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | gerund |  | grass |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |
| 2 | **help** | present | Chewing |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **break down** | infinitive | Chewing *not said here* | grass |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **digest** | can | microbes | grass |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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