Exam question 3 · Sea lions, seals and otters

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a solitary seal pup discovered upon a beach.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, discover · To what, where: response, solitary seal pup

This is exam question 3 of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pup	det
11	solitary	solitary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pup	amod
12	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pup	compound
13	pup	pup	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 pup	acl
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 beach	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 beach	det
17	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 discovered	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a solitary seal pup		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pup=Experiencer
4	discover	participle		a solitary seal pup not said here	upon a beach	vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It ought to be fed with cow's milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fed	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fed	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 fed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 fed	aux:pass
5	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 milk	case
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 milk	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 cow	case
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	ought · passive		It				with cow's milk	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It ought to be carried at once into the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carried	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 carried	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 carried	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 carried	aux:pass
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 carried	obl
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	ought · passive		It		the sea			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It ought to be left undisturbed and a rescue organisation notified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 left	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 left	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	undisturbed	undisturbed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 left	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 notified	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 organisation	det
9	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 organisation	compound
10	organisation	organisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 notified	nsubj
11	notified	notify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 left	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	ought · passive		It				undisturbed property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	notify speech: other	participle	a rescue organisation						vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It ought to be removed to a private dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 removed	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 removed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 removed	aux:pass
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 dwelling	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dwelling	det
8	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dwelling	amod
9	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	ought · passive		It		a private dwelling			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to dwelling=Destination

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