Exam question 1 · Why zoos exist and what critics say

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the historical origins of zoological collections?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: historical origins

This is exam question 1 of lesson 115 «Why zoos exist and what critics say» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 origins	det
10	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 origins	amod
11	origins	origin	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 collections	case
13	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 collections	amod
14	collections	collection	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 origins	nmod
15	?	?	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		the historical origins of zoological collections				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 · ← Mova's choice

They originated as agricultural establishments for the production of meat and milk

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	2 originated	nsubj
2	originated	originate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 establishments	case
4	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 establishments	amod
5	establishments	establishment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 originated	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 production	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 production	det
8	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 originated	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 meat	case
10	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 production	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 milk	cc
12	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	originate	past	They					as agricultural establishments; for the production of meat and milk	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	produce			meat and milk					nom production «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

They originated as institutions for the reintroduction of species

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	2 originated	nsubj
2	originated	originate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 institutions	case
4	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 originated	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 reintroduction	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reintroduction	det
7	reintroduction	reintroduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 originated	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 species	case
9	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 reintroduction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	originate	past	They					as institutions; for the reintroduction of species	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	reintroduce			species					nom reintroduction «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They originated as collections kept by rulers as a demonstration of power

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	2 originated	nsubj
2	originated	originate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 collections	case
4	collections	collection	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 originated	obl
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 collections	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 rulers	case
7	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 demonstration	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 demonstration	det
10	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 originated	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 power	case
12	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 demonstration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	originate	past	They		as collections; as a demonstration of power	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	keep	participle		collections not said here	by rulers	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by ruler=Location
3	demonstrate			power		nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

They originated as veterinary hospitals for domestic animals

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	2 originated	nsubj
2	originated	originate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 hospitals	case
4	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hospitals	compound
5	hospitals	hospital	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 originated	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 animals	case
7	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 animals	amod
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 originated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	originate	past	They					as veterinary hospitals; for domestic animals	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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