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# Exam question 3 · Farm animals and horses

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It being given that cattle pursue a walker accompanied by a dog, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cattle · **What happens:** give, pursue, accompany, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, walker, course

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Farm animals and horses» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/28-farm-animals-and-horses/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:e3:1
# text = It being given that cattle pursue a walker accompanied by a dog, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pursue	pursue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	walker	walker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	amod	_	_
22	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **pursue** | present | cattle | a walker |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walker=Theme |
| 3 | **accompany** | participle |  | a walker *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **select** | infinitive |  | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 5 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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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The walker should pick up the dog and stand still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:e3:o1:1
# text = The walker should pick up the dog and stand still
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walker	walker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | should | the walker | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic |
| 2 | **stand** | infinitive | the walker *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The walker should hold the lead tightly and face the cattle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:e3:o2:1
# text = The walker should hold the lead tightly and face the cattle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walker	walker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	face	face	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | should | the walker | the lead |  |  |  | tightly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lead=Theme |
| 2 | **face** | present | the walker *not said here* |  | the cattle |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cattle=Destination |

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

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The walker should release the lead so that both may escape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:e3:o3:1
# text = The walker should release the lead so that both may escape
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walker	walker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	release	release	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | should | the walker | the lead |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer lead=Source |
| 2 | **escape** | may | both |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The walker should run between the cattle and their calves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:e3:o4:1
# text = The walker should run between the cattle and their calves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walker	walker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | should | the walker |  |  |  |  | between the cattle and cattle's calves | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between cattle=Trajectory |

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