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title: «forecast says rain tomorrow and the grass is cut» What would a hay… — A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «forecast says rain tomorrow and the grass is cut» What would a hay farmer do? Test 3 · ★★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★★ · A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking, harvest and winter f…

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«forecast says rain tomorrow and the grass is cut» What would a hay farmer do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** forecast, hay farmer · **What happens:** say, cut, do · **To what, where:** grass · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t3:1
# text = «forecast says rain tomorrow and the grass is cut» What would a hay farmer do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	forecast	forecast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | forecast |  |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cut** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | the grass |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | would | a hay farmer |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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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Wait until after the rain has stopped and then cut some more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t3:o1:1
# text = Wait until after the rain has stopped and then cut some more
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present · perfect | the rain |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **cut** | infinitive | you *not said here* | some more |  |  | then |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset more=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leave it to soak, because rain is good for hay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t3:o2:1
# text = Leave it to soak, because rain is good for hay
1	Leave	leave	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	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	soak	soak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **soak** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | rain |  |  |  |  | for hay; good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Hurry to turn and bale the hay before the rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t3:o3:1
# text = Hurry to turn and bale the hay before the rain
1	Hurry	hurry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bale	bale	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **bale** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the hay |  |  | before the rain |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cover the field with straw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding:t3:o4:1
# text = Cover the field with straw
1	Cover	cover	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | imperative | you *not said here* | the field |  |  |  | with straw | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent field=Destination with straw=Theme |

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