Exam question 2 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the feeding of serpents in zoological collections.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, serpents · What happens: select, establish, concern, feed · To what, where: response, feeding

This is exam question 2 of lesson 111 «Feeding times and the zoo kitchen» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 feeding	det
11	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 serpents	case
13	serpents	serpent	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 feeding	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 collections	case
15	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 collections	amod
16	collections	collection	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 serpents	nmod
17	.	.	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	the feeding of serpents in zoological collections		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus feeding=Experiencer
4	feed		serpents in zoological collections			nom feeding «act 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

They are customarily given frozen rodents, thawed and frequently warmed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 given	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	4 given	advmod
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	frozen	frozen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rodents	amod
6	rodents	rodent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 given	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thawed	punct
8	thawed	thaw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 given	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 warmed	cc
10	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	11 warmed	advmod
11	warmed	warm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 given	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive	They	customarily property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient rodent=Theme
2	thaw	participle			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	warm	participle		frequently property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

They are fed solely by members of the visiting public

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fed	aux:pass
3	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 fed	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 members	case
6	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 public	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 public	det
9	visiting	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 public	amod
10	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present · passive	members of the visiting public	They				solely property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	visit	gerund							vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They are sustained exclusively upon vegetable matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sustained	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sustained	aux:pass
3	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 sustained	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 matter	case
6	vegetable	vegetable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 matter	amod
7	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	present · passive		They				upon vegetable matter; exclusively property	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme

Option 4

They are given live prey of the largest size available, daily and without exception

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 prey	amod
5	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 size	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 size	det
8	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 size	amod
9	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prey	nmod
10	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 given	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 daily	punct
12	daily	daily	ADV	_	3 given	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 exception	cc
14	without	without	ADP	_	15 exception	case
15	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 daily	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		They				daily property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient prey=Theme

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