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title: «horse's teeth just wear away to nothing, poor thing» Why does that… — Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hoo… · tree and pragmatics
description: «horse's teeth just wear away to nothing, poor thing» Why does that not usually happen? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 350 «Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hooves, toes, eggs and litres» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hooves, toes, eggs and…

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«horse's teeth just wear away to nothing, poor thing» Why does that not usually happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teeth · **What happens:** wear away, not happen

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 350 «Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hooves, toes, eggs and litres» 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/350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t10:1
# text = «horse's teeth just wear away to nothing, poor thing» Why does that not usually happen?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
15	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
18	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear away** *in a quote* | present | horse's teeth |  |  |  |  | to nothing; away *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **happen** | present · do-support | horse's teeth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Horses do not chew their food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t10:o1:1
# text = Horses do not chew their food
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	food	food	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** **chew** | present · do-support | Horses | Horses's food |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Horses' teeth keep growing out slowly as they wear down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t10:o2:1
# text = Horses' teeth keep growing out slowly as they wear down
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Horses's teeth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow out** | gerund | Horses's teeth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **wear down** | present | teeth *= tooth* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Horses lose all their teeth and grow a whole new set every year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t10:o3:1
# text = Horses lose all their teeth and grow a whole new set every year
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | Horses | Horses's teeth |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | Horses *not said here* | a whole new set |  |  | year |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location set=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Horses' teeth are made of metal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t10:o4:1
# text = Horses' teeth are made of metal
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Horses's teeth |  |  |  | of metal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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