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title: my uncle says a horse kicked a lad clean over a fence cos he walked… — Farm animals and horses · tree and pragmatics
description: my uncle says a horse kicked a lad clean over a fence cos he walked right behind it Test 16 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 16 · Farm animals and horses

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my uncle says a horse kicked a lad clean over a fence cos he walked right behind it

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, horse · **What happens:** say, kick, walk · **To what, where:** lad, fence cos · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t16:1
# text = my uncle says a horse kicked a lad clean over a fence cos he walked right behind it
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	right	right	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **kick** | past | a horse | a lad |  | a fence cos |  | behind cos; clean *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lad=Patient over cos=Location |
| 3 | **walk** | past | horse | a fence cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cos=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It proves horses should never be ridden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t16:o1:1
# text = It proves horses should never be ridden
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	ridden	ride	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It | horses |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **ride** | should · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V» |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is gossip, so walking behind horses is fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t16:o2:1
# text = It is gossip, so walking behind horses is fine
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | gossip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | behind horses | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind horse=Trajectory |
| 3 | **is** | present | walking | gossip *not said here* |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real lesson: horses only kick boys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t16:o3:1
# text = Real lesson: horses only kick boys
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	kick	kick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | present | Real lesson | boys |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent boy=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real lesson: never walk behind a horse; «clean over a fence» may be exaggerated

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t16:o4:1
# text = Real lesson: never walk behind a horse; «clean over a fence» may be exaggerated
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
16	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **walk** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | behind a horse | tree rules |
| 2 | **clean** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  | a fence |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **exaggerate** | may · passive |  | Real lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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