Exam question 3 · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a soft release?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: soft release

This is exam question 3 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 release	det
10	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 release	amod
11	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a soft release				of the following statements; accurately property	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

Animals are released without any preparation whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 released	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 released	aux:pass
3	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 preparation	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 preparation	det
6	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 released	obl
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 released	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present · passive		Animals				without any preparation; whatsoever property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Animals are released solely during the hours of darkness so that they remain unseen by predators

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 released	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 released	aux:pass
3	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 released	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 hours	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hours	det
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 released	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 darkness	case
9	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hours	nmod
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 remain	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 remain	nsubj
13	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 released	advcl
14	unseen	unseen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 remain	xcomp
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 predators	case
16	predators	predator	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present · passive		Animals			hour	solely property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
2	remain	present	Animals = animal					by predators; unseen property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by predator=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Animals are first accommodated in large enclosures within the wild habitat in order to adapt

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accommodated	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accommodated	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 accommodated	advmod
4	accommodated	accommodate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 enclosures	case
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 enclosures	amod
7	enclosures	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accommodated	obl
8	within	within	ADP	_	11 habitat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 habitat	det
10	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 habitat	amod
11	habitat	habitat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accommodated	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 order	case
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 habitat	nmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 adapt	mark
15	adapt	adapt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 accommodated	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accommodate	present · passive		Animals		large enclosures		within the wild habitat in order; first property	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	adapt	to-infinitive							vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Animals are released only onto artificial grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 released	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 released	aux:pass
3	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 grass	advmod
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 grass	case
6	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grass	amod
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 released	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present · passive		Animals					tree rules

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