Exam question 1 · Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the first duty of a zoo keeper at the commencement of the working day?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: first duty

This is exam question 1 of lesson 109 «Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 duty	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 duty	amod
11	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 keeper	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 keeper	det
14	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 keeper	compound
15	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 duty	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 commencement	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 commencement	det
18	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 keeper	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 day	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 day	det
21	working	working	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 day	compound
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 commencement	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the first duty of a zoo keeper at the commencement of the working day				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

The inspection and enumeration of every animal to ascertain that all are present and well

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 inspection	det
2	inspection	inspection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 enumeration	cc
4	enumeration	enumeration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inspection	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 animal	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inspection	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 ascertain	mark
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 inspection	acl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 present	mark
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 present	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 present	cop
13	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ascertain	ccomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 well	cc
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 present	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	to-infinitive				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	all		present property	tree rules
3	inspect			every animal		nom inspection «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The opening of the gates to members of the public

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 opening	det
2	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 gates	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gates	det
5	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 opening	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 members	case
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gates	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 public	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 public	det
10	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 members	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The sale of admission tickets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sale	det
2	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 tickets	case
4	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tickets	compound
5	tickets	ticket	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sale	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The preparation of the evening meal for every animal in the collection before the gates open

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 preparation	det
2	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 open	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 meal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 meal	det
5	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meal	compound
6	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preparation	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 animal	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 animal	det
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meal	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 collection	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 collection	det
12	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 animal	nmod
13	before	before	ADP	_	15 gates	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gates	det
15	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 preparation	nmod
16	open	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	the preparation of the evening meal for every animal in the collection before the gates						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	prepare			the evening meal for every animal in the collection			before the gates		nom preparation «act transitive»: of=patient before=obl

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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