Exam question 3 · Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and heal…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the training of elephants for veterinary procedures.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, train · To what, where: response, training, elephants

This is exam question 3 of lesson 112 «Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and healthy» 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 training	det
11	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 elephants	case
13	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 training	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 procedures	case
15	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 procedures	compound
16	procedures	procedure	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 elephants	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 training of elephants for veterinary procedures		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus training=Experiencer
4	train			elephants for veterinary procedures		nom training «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

Blood is customarily drawn from the tip of the trunk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drawn	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 drawn	aux:pass
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	4 drawn	advmod
4	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 tip	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tip	det
7	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drawn	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 trunk	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trunk	det
10	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tip	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present · passive		Blood		the tip of the trunk		customarily property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from tip=Initial_Location

Option 2

Elephants are restrained by chains for all veterinary procedures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 restrained	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 restrained	aux:pass
3	restrained	restrain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 chains	case
5	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 restrained	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 procedures	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 procedures	det
8	veterinary	veterinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 procedures	amod
9	procedures	procedure	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 restrained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrain	present · passive	chains	Elephants				for all veterinary procedures	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Eventuality

Option 3

Veterinary procedures upon elephants are prohibited by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 procedures	compound
2	procedures	procedure	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 elephants	case
4	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 procedures	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 prohibited	aux:pass
6	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 law	case
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	law	Veterinary procedures upon elephants					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Elephants are trained to present the ear, permitting blood to be drawn from veins behind it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trained	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trained	aux:pass
3	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 present	mark
5	present	present	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trained	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ear	det
7	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 present	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 permitting	punct
9	permitting	permit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 trained	advcl
10	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 permitting	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	13 drawn	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 drawn	aux:pass
13	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 permitting	advcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 veins	case
15	veins	vein	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 drawn	obl
16	behind	behind	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	train	present · passive		Elephants		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
2	present	to-infinitive	Elephants not said here	the ear		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
3	permit	gerund		blood		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme
4	draw	to-infinitive · passive			behind blood; from veins	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: from vein=Co-Patient

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