--- title: Why is a cow with a new calf more dangerous than the same cow withou… — Thinking like an animal · tree and pragmatics description: Why is a cow with a new calf more dangerous than the same cow without one? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/30-thinking-like-an-animal/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/) / [Thinking like an animal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/30-thinking-like-an-animal/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · Thinking like an animal Why is a cow with a new calf more dangerous than the same cow without one? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cow · **What happens:** be This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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/30-thinking-like-an-animal/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t7:1 # text = Why is a cow with a new calf more dangerous than the same cow without one? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 without without ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a cow with a new calf | | | | | than the same cow without one; dangerous *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Parents instinctively defend their young ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t7:o1:1 # text = Parents instinctively defend their young 1 Parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 instinctively instinctively ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 defend defend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 young young NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **defend** | present | Parents | Parents's young | | | | instinctively *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cows with calves are always hungry and cross ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t7:o2:1 # text = Cows with calves are always hungry and cross 1 Cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 calves calf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 cross cross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Cows with calves | | | | | always, hungry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Cows with calves *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Having a calf makes its mother see less well ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t7:o3:1 # text = Having a calf makes its mother see less well 1 Having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 xcomp _ _ 8 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 9 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | a calf | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Patient | | 2 | **make** | present | Having | calf's mother | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | present | calf's mother *not said here* | | | | | less, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cows charge only when they feel very tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t7:o4:1 # text = Cows charge only when they feel very tired 1 Cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 charge charge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | present | Cows | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | present | Cows *= cow* | | | | | tired *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | **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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