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title: A cyclist zooms past a horse without warning and the horse jumps sid… — Allergies, horses and farm animals · tree and pragmatics
description: A cyclist zooms past a horse without warning and the horse jumps sideways. Why did this happen? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm 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
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Allergies, horses and farm animals

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A cyclist zooms past a horse without warning and the horse jumps sideways. Why did this happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cyclist, horse, this · **What happens:** zoom, jump, happen

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm 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/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cyclist zooms past a horse without warning and the horse jumps sideways.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t6:1
# text = A cyclist zooms past a horse without warning and the horse jumps sideways.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	zooms	zoom	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	past	past	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	sideways	sideways	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zoom** | present | a cyclist |  |  |  |  | past a horse; without warning | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past horse=Trajectory |
| 2 | **jump** | present | the horse |  |  |  |  | sideways *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why did this happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t6:2
# text = Why did this happen?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The horse was falling asleep on its feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t6:o1:1
# text = The horse was falling asleep on its feet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past · progressive | the horse |  |  | horse's feet |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on foot=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Horses do not like the bright colour of bikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t6:o2:1
# text = Horses do not like the bright colour of bikes
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | Horses | the bright colour of bikes |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot colour=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The horse wanted to race against the bike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t6:o3:1
# text = The horse wanted to race against the bike
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	race	race	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the horse |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **race** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the horse *not said here* |  |  | the bike |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against bike=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Sudden noise and movement scare horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t6:o4:1
# text = Sudden noise and movement scare horses
1	Sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	scare	scare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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