--- title: «my goat ate a whole can of beans, tin and all» What really happened? — Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hoo… · tree and pragmatics description: «my goat ate a whole can of beans, tin and all» What really happened? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres/t6/) [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/) / [Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hoo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★★ · Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hooves, toes, eggs and… «my goat ate a whole can of beans, tin and all» What really happened? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** goat · **What happens:** eat, happen · **To what, where:** whole This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t6:1 # text = «my goat ate a whole can of beans, tin and all» What really happened? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 beans bean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 16 really really ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | my goat | a whole | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whole=Patient | | 2 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It nibbled the paper label, not the tin ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t6:o1:1 # text = It nibbled the paper label, not the tin 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 nibbled nibble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 label label NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nibble** | past | It | the paper label | | | | the tin *obl* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Goats can digest metal ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t6:o2:1 # text = Goats can digest metal 1 Goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 digest digest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **digest** | can | Goats | metal | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Goats only eat tins, not grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t6:o3:1 # text = Goats only eat tins, not grass 1 Goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 tins tin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | Goats | tins | | | | grass *obl* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It swallowed the tin whole and was fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t6:o4:1 # text = It swallowed the tin whole and was fine 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | past | It | the tin | | | | whole *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | **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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