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title: «no rooster in our coop so the hens won't lay» Is that right? — Where eggs come from: hens, shell colo… · tree and pragmatics
description: «no rooster in our coop so the hens won't lay» Is that right? Test 7 of lesson 342 «Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what is inside» 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
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# Test 7 · Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what…

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«no rooster in our coop so the hens won't lay» Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hens, rooster · **What happens:** not lay, be · **To what, where:** rooster

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This is test 7 of lesson 342 «Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what is inside» 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/342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:t7:1
# text = «no rooster in our coop so the hens won't lay» Is that right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	rooster	rooster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	coop	coop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lay** *in a quote* | future | the hens | no rooster in our coop *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rooster=Result |
| 2 | **is** | present | no rooster in our coop |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yes, no cockerel means no eggs at all, not even one in the whole year

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, no cockerel means no eggs at all, not even one in the whole year
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	cockerel	cockerel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | no cockerel | no eggs |  | all |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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No, the hens lay only brown eggs then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:t7:o2:1
# text = No, the hens lay only brown eggs then
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | the hens | brown eggs |  |  | then |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but they lay once a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, but they lay once a year
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | they |  |  |  | year | once *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, hens lay eggs without a cockerel; the eggs just cannot hatch

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:t7:o4:1
# text = No, hens lay eggs without a cockerel; the eggs just cannot hatch
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cockerel	cockerel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	hatch	hatch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | hens | eggs |  |  |  | without a cockerel | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result |
| 2 | **not** **hatch** | can | the eggs |  |  |  |  |  | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient |

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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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