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title: cows with calves in the field, we've got the dog — Farm animals and horses · tree and pragmatics
description: cows with calves in the field, we've got the dog Test 11 of lesson 28 «Farm animals and horses» 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · Farm animals and horses

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cows with calves in the field, we've got the dog

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cows · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** dog

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This is test 11 of lesson 28 «Farm animals and horses» 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/28-farm-animals-and-horses/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t11:1
# text = cows with calves in the field, we've got the dog
1	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · perfect | cows with calves in the field | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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Hold the dog tight and run for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t11:o1:1
# text = Hold the dog tight and run for it
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dog |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for dog | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walk between a cow and calf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t11:o2:1
# text = Walk between a cow and calf
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | between a cow and calf | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between cow=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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If they chase, let go of the lead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t11:o3:1
# text = If they chase, let go of the lead
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chase	chase	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the lead | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of lead=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go and pat the calves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t11:o4:1
# text = Go and pat the calves
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	pat	pat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pat** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the calves |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Experiencer |

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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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