--- title: A girl in Dublin visits a farm with baby chicks. What is the right w… — Being gentle with small animals · tree and pragmatics description: A girl in Dublin visits a farm with baby chicks. What is the right way to act? Test 1 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small animals» 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/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/t1/) [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/) / [Being gentle with small animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/) / t1 # Test 1 · Being gentle with small animals A girl in Dublin visits a farm with baby chicks. What is the right way to act? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, right way · **What happens:** visit, be, act · **To what, where:** farm This is test 1 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small animals» 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/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl in Dublin visits a farm with baby chicks. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t1:1 # text = A girl in Dublin visits a farm with baby chicks. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Dublin Dublin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 visits visit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 chicks chick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | present | a girl in Dublin | a farm | | | | with baby chicks | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Co-Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the right way to act? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t1:2 # text = What is the right way to act? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the right way | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **act** | to-infinitive | the right way *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Move slowly, speak quietly and listen to the farmer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t1:o1:1 # text = Move slowly, speak quietly and listen to the farmer 1 Move move VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 listen listen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | quietly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **listen** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | to the farmer | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to farmer=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Shout so the chicks know she is there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t1:o2:1 # text = Shout so the chicks know she is there 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 so so SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chicks chick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** | present | the chicks | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | present | she | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Squeeze a chick to feel how soft it is ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t1:o3:1 # text = Squeeze a chick to feel how soft it is 1 Squeeze squeeze VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 chick chick NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | imperative | you *not said here* | a chick | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent chick=Result | | 2 | **feel** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | present | chick | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Run among the chicks to see them all scatter and cheep loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t1:o4:1 # text = Run among the chicks to see them all scatter and cheep loudly 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 among among ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chicks chick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 scatter scatter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 cheep cheep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | among the chicks | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among chick=Trajectory | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **scatter** | present | chicks *= chick* | | | | | all *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cheep** | present | chicks *= chick* *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=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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