Exam question 2 · Why zoos exist and what critics say

Identify the principal objection advanced by critics of zoological institutions.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, advance · To what, where: principal objection

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 objection	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 objection	amod
4	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 objection	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 critics	case
7	critics	critic	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 advanced	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 institutions	case
9	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 institutions	amod
10	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 critics	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal objection					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent objection=Theme
2	advance	participle		the principal objection not said here				by critics of zoological institutions	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wild animals are deprived of their liberty, and many are neither endangered nor ever released

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 animals	amod
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 deprived	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 deprived	aux:pass
4	deprived	deprive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 liberty	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 liberty	nmod:poss
7	liberty	liberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deprived	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 endangered	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 endangered	cc
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 endangered	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 endangered	cop
12	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	13 endangered	cc:preconj
13	endangered	endangered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deprived	parataxis
14	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	16 released	cc
15	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	16 released	advmod
16	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 endangered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	present · passive		Wild animals		of animals's liberty	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of liberty=Theme
2	is	present	many			endangered property	tree rules
3	release	participle	many not said here		ever		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 2

Zoological institutions are insufficiently numerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 institutions	amod
2	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 numerous	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 numerous	cop
4	insufficiently	insufficiently	ADV	_	5 numerous	advmod
5	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Zoological institutions					insufficiently, numerous property	tree rules

Option 3

Animals in zoological institutions are excessively free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 free	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 institutions	case
3	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 institutions	amod
4	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Animals	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 free	cop
6	excessively	excessively	ADV	_	7 free	advmod
7	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Animals in zoological institutions					excessively, free property	tree rules

Option 4

Zoological institutions charge excessive fees for admission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 institutions	amod
2	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 charge	nsubj
3	charge	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fees	amod
5	fees	fee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 charge	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 admission	case
7	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 charge	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	present	Zoological institutions	excessive fees				for admission	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent fee=Patient for admission=Theme

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