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title: «sheep are thick, can't tell one face from another» What did a study… — Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hoo… · tree and pragmatics
description: «sheep are thick, can't tell one face from another» What did a study find? Test 8 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hooves, toes, eggs and…

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«sheep are thick, can't tell one face from another» What did a study find?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sheep · **What happens:** be, not tell, do · **To what, where:** one face, another, study find · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t8:1
# text = «sheep are thick, can't tell one face from another» What did a study find?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
15	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	find	find	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sheep |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | sheep *not said here* | one face |  | another |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent face=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** | past |  | a study find |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent find=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Sheep can recognise about 50 sheep faces and remember them for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t8:o1:1
# text = Sheep can recognise about 50 sheep faces and remember them for years
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	recognise	recognise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | can | Sheep | 50 sheep faces |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus |
| 2 | **remember** | infinitive | Sheep *not said here* | faces *= face* |  |  | year |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sheep cannot see faces at all, only the colour of the wool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t8:o2:1
# text = Sheep cannot see faces at all, only the colour of the wool
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | Sheep | faces |  | all |  | the colour of the wool *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sheep recognise only their own reflection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t8:o3:1
# text = Sheep recognise only their own reflection
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recognise	recognise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	reflection	reflection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | present | Sheep | Sheep's own reflection |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reflection=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sheep remember faces for one minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:350-farm-animals-by-numbers-stomachs-hooves-toes-eggs-and-litres:t8:o4:1
# text = Sheep remember faces for one minute
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | present | Sheep | faces |  |  | minute |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent face=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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