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title: «sheep must hate being sheared, poor things» What is right? — Clothes: T-shirts, jeans and trainers · tree and pragmatics
description: «sheep must hate being sheared, poor things» What is right? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 5 «Clothes: T-shirts, jeans and trainers» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Clothes: T-shirts, jeans and trainers

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«sheep must hate being sheared, poor things» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sheep · **What happens:** hate, shear, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 5 «Clothes: T-shirts, jeans and trainers» of the technology 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/technology/5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t6:1
# text = «sheep must hate being sheared, poor things» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hate	hate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	sheared	shear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** *in a quote* | must | sheep |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **shear** *not said to happen, in a quote* | gerund · passive | sheep *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V» |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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Sheep get ill after every shearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t6:o1:1
# text = Sheep get ill after every shearing
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	shearing	shearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Sheep |  |  |  | after every shearing | ill *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shearing pulls all the wool out by the roots, so it always hurts the sheep

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t6:o2:1
# text = Shearing pulls all the wool out by the roots, so it always hurts the sheep
1	Shearing	shearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | present | Shearing | all wool |  |  |  | by the roots | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | Shearing | the sheep |  |  |  | always *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sheep=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Sheep are sheared every single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t6:o3:1
# text = Sheep are sheared every single day
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sheared	shear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shear** | present · passive |  | Sheep |  |  | day |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Done properly, shearing is like a haircut and keeps sheep cool in summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers:t6:o4:1
# text = Done properly, shearing is like a haircut and keeps sheep cool in summer
1	Done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
2	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	shearing	shearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	haircut	haircut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Done shearing |  |  |  | summer | like a haircut | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | present | Done shearing *not said here* | sheep |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=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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