Exam question 2 · Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers

Identify the principal reason for which keepers maintain written records of the conduct and diet of each animal.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, keepers · What happens: identify, maintain, write, record · To what, where: principal reason, written records, conduct

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 keepers	det
7	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 maintain	nsubj
8	maintain	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
9	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 records	amod
10	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 maintain	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 conduct	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 conduct	det
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 records	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 diet	cc
15	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conduct	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 animal	case
17	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	18 animal	det
18	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 diet	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	maintain	present	which keepers	written records of the conduct and diet of each animal	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent record=Theme
3	write	participle			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	record			the conduct and diet of each animal	nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Small changes observed over several days may reveal illness at an early stage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 changes	amod
2	changes	change	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 reveal	nsubj
3	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 changes	acl
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 days	case
5	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 days	amod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 observed	obl
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 reveal	aux
8	reveal	reveal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reveal	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 stage	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 stage	det
12	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stage	amod
13	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reveal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	participle		Small changes not said here			day		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	reveal	may	Small changes	illness		a early stage			vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illness=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Records are kept only for animals of great value

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	aux:pass
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 kept	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 animals	case
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 value	case
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 value	amod
9	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 animals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · passive		Records				for animals of great value	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Records are required solely for publication to visitors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 required	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 publication	case
6	publication	publication	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 visitors	case
8	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	visitors	Records				for publication; solely property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

Option 4

Records serve chiefly to establish which of the animals the keeper personally prefers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 serve	nsubj
2	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	2 serve	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 establish	mark
5	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 serve	advcl
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 animals	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 animals	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animals	det
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 establish	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 keeper	det
11	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 prefers	nsubj
12	personally	personally	ADV	_	13 prefers	advmod
13	prefers	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 animals	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	serve	present	Records		chiefly property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	establish	to-infinitive	Records not said here	the animals		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient
3	prefer	present	the keeper	the animals not said here	personally property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus

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