--- title: how come a baby horse can walk straight away — Mammals and how they care for their yo… · tree and pragmatics description: how come a baby horse can walk straight away Test 11 of lesson 75 «Mammals and how they care for their young» of the world 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/world/75-mammals-and-their-young/t11/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Mammals and how they care for their yo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/75-mammals-and-their-young/) / t11 # Test 11 · Mammals and how they care for their young how come a baby horse can walk straight away **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, baby horse · **What happens:** come, walk This is test 11 of lesson 75 «Mammals and how they care for their young» of the world 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/world/75-mammals-and-their-young/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t11:1 # text = how come a baby horse can walk straight away 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 8 straight straight ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | can | a baby horse | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} A newborn foal can stand and walk within a few hours of birth ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t11:o1:1 # text = A newborn foal can stand and walk within a few hours of birth 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 newborn newborn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 within within ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | can | a newborn foal | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **walk** | infinitive | a newborn foal *not said here* | | | | hour | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Foals walk because their mum pushes them along ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t11:o2:1 # text = Foals walk because their mum pushes them along 1 Foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 along along ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | Foals | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **push** | present | Foals's mum | Foals *= foal* | | | | along *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Foals learn to walk while still inside their mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t11:o3:1 # text = Foals learn to walk while still inside their mum 1 Foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 4 advcl _ _ 7 inside inside ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present | Foals | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | Foals *not said here* | | | | | inside Foals's mum | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside mum=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Foals are born much older than other babies ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t11:o4:1 # text = Foals are born much older than other babies 1 Foals foal 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 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | present · passive | | Foals | | | | old *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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