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title: A family in Kent forgot to shut their chickens in for the night. In… — Chickens, goats and little creatures · tree and pragmatics
description: A family in Kent forgot to shut their chickens in for the night. In the morning some hens are missing. What most likely happened? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 1 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures

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A family in Kent forgot to shut their chickens in for the night. In the morning some hens are missing. What most likely happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, hens · **What happens:** forget, not shut, be, happen · **To what, where:** chickens

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» 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/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family in Kent forgot to shut their chickens in for the night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t1:1
# text = A family in Kent forgot to shut their chickens in for the night.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Kent	Kent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	shut	shut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	chickens	chicken	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | a family in Kent |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **shut** | to-infinitive | a family in Kent *not said here* | their chickens |  |  | night |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chicken=Patient |

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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:* In the morning some hens are missing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t1:2
# text = In the morning some hens are missing.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | some hens |  |  |  | morning | missing *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What most likely happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t1:3
# text = What most likely happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	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** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A fox or other predator attacked in the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t1:o1:1
# text = A fox or other predator attacked in the dark
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	predator	predator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	attacked	attack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | participle |  | a fox or other predator *not said here* |  | the dark |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hens went off to lay their eggs somewhere else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t1:o2:1
# text = The hens went off to lay their eggs somewhere else
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
10	else	else	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | past | the hens |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lay** | to-infinitive | the hens *not said here* | hens's eggs |  |  |  | somewhere *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hens flew south for the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t1:o3:1
# text = The hens flew south for the winter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	south	south	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | the hens |  |  |  | winter | south *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The hens were too warm and left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t1:o4:1
# text = The hens were too warm and left
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the hens |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | participle | the hens *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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