--- title: Why would a seagull follow a tractor far from the sea? — A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why would a seagull follow a tractor far from the sea? Test 12 · ★★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding/t12/) [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/) / [A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking, harvest and winter f… Why would a seagull follow a tractor far from the sea? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** seagull · **What happens:** follow · **To what, where:** tractor This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t12:1 # text = Why would a seagull follow a tractor far from the sea? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 seagull seagull NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tractor tractor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | would | a seagull | a tractor | | | | far *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tractor=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} Seagulls nest on tractors ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t12:o1:1 # text = Seagulls nest on tractors 1 Seagulls seagull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 nest nest VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tractors tractor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nest** | present | Seagulls | | | tractors | | | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ploughing turns up worms and grubs to eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t12:o2:1 # text = Ploughing turns up worms and grubs to eat 1 Ploughing ploughing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 worms worm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 grubs grub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn up** | present | Ploughing | worms and grubs | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location worm=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Ploughing *not said here* | worms and grubs *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is lost and is following the noise of the engine home ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t12:o3:1 # text = It is lost and is following the noise of the engine home 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 engine engine NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **follow** | present · progressive | | the noise of the engine | | | | home *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Theme | | 3 | **noise** | | the engine | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tractors carry fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t12:o4:1 # text = Tractors carry fish 1 Tractors tractor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | Tractors | fish | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=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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