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title: heard a fox got into the Lees' chicken coop and killed all of them c… — Chickens, goats and little creatures · tree and pragmatics
description: heard a fox got into the Lees' chicken coop and killed all of them cos they forgot to shut it Test 17 · ★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 17 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures

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heard a fox got into the Lees' chicken coop and killed all of them cos they forgot to shut it

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fox, Lees · **What happens:** hear, get, kill, forget, not shut · **To what, where:** chicken coop, all, fox · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t17:1
# text = heard a fox got into the Lees' chicken coop and killed all of them cos they forgot to shut it
1	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Lees	lee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	coop	coop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
16	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	shut	shut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **get** | past | a fox |  |  | the Lees's chicken coop |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into coop=Destination |
| 3 | **kill** | past |  | all |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme |
| 4 | **forget** | past | Lees *= lee* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **shut** | to-infinitive | Lees *= lee* *not said here* | fox |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Real lesson: chickens should never be kept in gardens because foxes always get them in the end

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t17:o1:1
# text = Real lesson: chickens should never be kept in gardens because foxes always get them in the end
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	chickens	chicken	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **keep** | should · passive |  | chickens |  | gardens |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in garden=Location |
| 2 | **get** | present | foxes | chickens *= chicken* |  |  | in the end | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is gossip, so coops can be left open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t17:o2:1
# text = It is gossip, so coops can be left open
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	cop	_	_
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	coops	coop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | gossip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | can · passive | gossip *not said here* | coops |  |  |  | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It proves foxes only hunt in the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t17:o3:1
# text = It proves foxes only hunt in the day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It | foxes |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent fox=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **hunt** | present |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real lesson: shut chickens in at night, because foxes and other predators attack in the dark

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:t17:o4:1
# text = Real lesson: shut chickens in at night, because foxes and other predators attack in the dark
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	chickens	chicken	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
11	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	predators	predator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
15	attack	attack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | present | Real lesson |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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