Exam question 1 · Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of quarantine for an animal newly received at a zoological garden?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: quarantine · What happens: follow, characteris, receive, purpose · To what, where: purpose, animal, zoological garden

This is exam question 1 of lesson 110 «Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital» 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	10 purpose	det
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 quarantine	case
12	quarantine	quarantine	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 animal	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 animal	det
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
16	newly	newly	ADV	_	17 received	advmod
17	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 animal	acl
18	at	at	ADP	_	21 garden	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 garden	det
20	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 garden	amod
21	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 received	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the purpose of quarantine		of the following statements; for a animal; accurately property	tree rules
3	receive	participle		a animal not said here	a zoological garden	newly property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at garden=Location
4	purpose		quarantine				nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer

The prevention of the transmission of any disease which has not yet become apparent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prevention	det
2	prevention	prevention	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 become	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 transmission	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 transmission	det
5	transmission	transmission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevention	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 disease	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 disease	det
8	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 transmission	nmod
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 has	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 become	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 become	advmod
12	yet	yet	ADV	_	13 become	advmod
13	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	apparent	apparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not become	present	the prevention of the transmission of any disease		yet	apparent property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	prevent			the transmission of any disease			nom prevention «act transitive»: of=patient
3	transmit			any disease			nom transmission «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The accustoming of the animal 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 accustoming	det
2	accustoming	accustoming	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 animal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accustoming	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 members	case
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 animal	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 fattening of the animal prior to display

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fattening	det
2	fattening	fattening	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prior	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 animal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fattening	nmod
6	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 display	mark
8	display	display	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 prior	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	to-infinitive							vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The instruction of the newly arrived animal in the rules and routines of the establishment

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 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arrived	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 arrived	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 arrived	det
5	newly	newly	ADV	_	6 arrived	advmod
6	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arrived	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 rules	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rules	det
10	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 arrived	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 routines	cc
12	routines	routine	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 rules	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 establishment	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 establishment	det
15	establishment	establishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 routines	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	the instruction	animal		the rules and routines of the establishment		newly property	tree rules

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