--- title: Why might a horse kick if you creep up behind it silently? — Farm animals and horses · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a horse kick if you creep up behind it silently? Test 7 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/28-farm-animals-and-horses/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Farm animals and horses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/28-farm-animals-and-horses/) / t7 # Test 7 · Farm animals and horses Why might a horse kick if you creep up behind it silently? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** creep up · **To what, where:** kick This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t7:1 # text = Why might a horse kick if you creep up behind it silently? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 kick kick NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 creep creep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 behind behind ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 12 silently silently ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep up** | present | you | | | kick | | silently *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind it=Trajectory | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It is startled by something it cannot see ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t7:o1:1 # text = It is startled by something it cannot see 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 startled startle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **startle** | present · passive | | It | | | | by something | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **see** | can | it | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Horses kick everyone they meet, even from the front ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t7:o2:1 # text = Horses kick everyone they meet, even from the front 1 Horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kick kick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 obj _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | present | Horses | everyone | | | | from the front | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient from front=Co-Patient | | 2 | **meet** | present | Horses *= horse* | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is trying to say hello ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t7:o3:1 # text = It is trying to say hello 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 aux _ _ 3 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 hello hello INTJ UH _ 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | It | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It wants to play with you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:28-farm-animals-and-horses:t7:o4:1 # text = It wants to play with you 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | It | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | with you | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent | **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. 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