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title: cows are running at us and our dog!! — Farm animals and horses · tree and pragmatics
description: cows are running at us and our dog!! Test 15 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 15 · Farm animals and horses

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cows are running at us and our dog!!

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cows · **What happens:** run

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This is test 15 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t15:1
# text = cows are running at us and our dog!!
1	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present · progressive | cows |  |  |  |  | at us | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at we=Trajectory |

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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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Hide behind the dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t15:o1:1
# text = Hide behind the dog
1	Hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Run towards the cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t15:o2:1
# text = Run towards the cows
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | towards the cows | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards cow=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hold the dog tight and stand completely still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t15:o3:1
# text = Hold the dog tight and stand completely still
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	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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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 | **stand** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still | completely *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Let go of the dog and get out of the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t15:o4:1
# text = Let go of the dog and get out of the field
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the dog | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of dog=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **get out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the field |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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