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description: In Shaun the Sheep, the flock dances about on two legs in thick fleece all summer. What would a real farmer do with a woolly sheep in early summer? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 349 «A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking, harvest and winter feeding» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Test 1 · ★★ · A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking, harvest and winter f…

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In Shaun the Sheep, the flock dances about on two legs in thick fleece all summer. What would a real farmer do with a woolly sheep in early summer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** flock, real farmer · **What happens:** dance, do · **To what, where:** Shaun

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 349 «A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking, harvest and winter feeding» 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/349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Shaun the Sheep, the flock dances about on two legs in thick fleece all summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t1:1
# text = In Shaun the Sheep, the flock dances about on two legs in thick fleece all summer.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Shaun	Shaun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dances	dance	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	fleece	fleece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | present | the flock |  |  | Shaun and the Sheep | summer | on two legs; in thick fleece; about *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shaun=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would a real farmer do with a woolly sheep in early summer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t1:2
# text = What would a real farmer do with a woolly sheep in early summer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	woolly	woolly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | would | a real farmer |  |  |  | summer | with a woolly sheep | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shear it in midwinter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t1:o1:1
# text = Shear it in midwinter
1	Shear	shear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	midwinter	midwinter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shear** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | midwinter |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wash it in the bath every week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t1:o2:1
# text = Wash it in the bath every week
1	Wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the bath | week |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Shear it, so it does not get too hot and dirty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t1:o3:1
# text = Shear it, so it does not get too hot and dirty
1	Shear	shear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shear** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **not** **get** | present · do-support | it |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Leave the wool on forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t1:o4:1
# text = Leave the wool on forever
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave on** | imperative | you *not said here* | the wool |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Theme |

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