Exam question 4 · Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital

State the information which a veterinary surgeon may obtain from the microscopic and chemical examination of dung.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: veterinary surgeon · What happens: obtain, examine · To what, where: State information, microscopic examination, dung

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 information	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 information	det
3	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 obtain	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 surgeon	det
6	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surgeon	compound
7	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtain	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 obtain	aux
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 information	acl:relcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	15 examination	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 examination	det
12	microscopic	microscopic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 examination	amod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 chemical	cc
14	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 microscopic	conj
15	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtain	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 dung	case
17	dung	dung	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 examination	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 information	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	may	a veterinary surgeon	the State information		the microscopic examination of dung			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent which=Theme from examination=Source
2	examine			dung					nom examination «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The presence of worm eggs and germs, and the levels of hormones indicating stress or pregnancy

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 presence	det
2	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eggs	case
4	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eggs	compound
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 presence	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 germs	cc
7	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eggs	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 indicating	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 indicating	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 levels	det
11	levels	level	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 indicating	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 hormones	case
13	hormones	hormone	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 levels	nmod
14	indicating	indicate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 presence	conj
15	stress	stress	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 indicating	obj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 pregnancy	cc
17	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stress	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	gerund	the levels of hormones	stress or pregnancy					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stress=Topic

Option 2

Nothing of medical value whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 value	case
3	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 value	amod
4	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	nmod
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	1 Nothing	advmod

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

Option 3

The identity of the keeper preferred by the animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 identity	det
2	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 keeper	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 keeper	det
5	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identity	nmod
6	preferred	prefer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 identity	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 animal	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animal	det
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	participle		the identity of the keeper not said here				by the animal	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The precise age at which the animal will die

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 age	det
2	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 age	amod
3	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 die	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 die	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 die	aux
9	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 age	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	future	the animal				at the precise age		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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