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title: cows in the field w calves, can i go say hi — Hiking and camping safely · tree and pragmatics
description: cows in the field w calves, can i go say hi Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Hiking and camping safely

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cows in the field w calves, can i go say hi

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cows · **What happens:** go, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» of the everyday 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/everyday/230-hiking-and-camping/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t11:1
# text = cows in the field w calves, can i go say hi
1	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	w	w	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
12	hi	hi	INTJ	UH	_	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | can | cows in the field  calves |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | cows in the field  calves *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hi=Topic |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, cows love being patted, calves most of all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, cows love being patted, calves most of all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	patted	pat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | cows | calves |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pat** *not said to happen* | gerund · passive | cows *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you run in quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, if you run in quickly
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run in** | present | you |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, walk calmly round the edge and leave them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t11:o3:1
# text = No, walk calmly round the edge and leave them
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the edge |  | calmly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round edge=Trajectory |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only if you bring the dog along to keep them back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t11:o4:1
# text = Only if you bring the dog along to keep them back
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	along	along	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | you |  | the dog |  |  | along *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument dog=Destination |
| 2 | **keep back** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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