Exam question 2 · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature

Identify the principal condition that must be satisfied prior to the release of a captive-bred species.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal condition · What happens: identify, be, breed · To what, where: principal condition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» 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 condition	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 condition	amod
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 satisfied	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 satisfied	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 satisfied	cop
8	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 condition	acl:relcl
9	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 release	case
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 prior	fixed
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 release	det
12	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 satisfied	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	18 species	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 species	det
15	captive	captive	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bred	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 captive	punct
17	bred	breed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 species	amod
18	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 release	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal condition		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	is	must	the principal condition		prior the release of a bred species; satisfied property	tree rules
3	breed	participle				tree rules

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 species must first be exhibited for a period of ten years in no fewer than three zoos

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 species	det
2	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 exhibited	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 exhibited	aux
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 exhibited	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 exhibited	aux:pass
6	exhibited	exhibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 period	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 period	det
9	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exhibited	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 years	case
11	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 period	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	18 zoos	case
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 zoos	det
15	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 three	advmod
16	than	than	ADP	_	15 fewer	fixed
17	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 zoos	nummod
18	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 exhibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhibit	must · passive		the species		no three zoos		for a period of ten years; first property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The habitat must be protected and the original cause of decline removed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 habitat	det
2	habitat	habitat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 protected	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 protected	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 protected	aux:pass
5	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cause	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cause	det
8	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cause	amod
9	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 protected	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 decline	case
11	decline	decline	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cause	nmod
12	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 decline	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	protect	must · passive	the habitat	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	remove	participle	decline not said here	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	cause		decline	nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The animals must have been born in the wild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 born	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 born	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 born	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 born	aux:pass
6	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 wild	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wild	det
9	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 born	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	must · perfect · passive		the animals		the wild			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The release must coincide with the opening of the zoo season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 release	det
2	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coincide	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 coincide	aux
4	coincide	coincide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 opening	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 opening	det
7	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coincide	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 season	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 season	det
10	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 season	compound
11	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 opening	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coincide	must	the release					with the opening of the zoo season	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with opening=Co-Patient

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