Exam question 3 · Why zoos exist and what critics say

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning accredited zoological institutions.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, accredit · To what, where: response, accredited zoological institutions

This is exam question 3 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	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	accredited	accredit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 institutions	amod
11	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 institutions	amod
12	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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	accredited zoological institutions		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus institution=Experiencer
4	accredit	participle				vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 are exempt from all inspection

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	3 exempt	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 exempt	cop
3	exempt	exempt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 inspection	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 inspection	det
6	inspection	inspection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exempt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			all inspection		exempt property	tree rules

Option 2

They are permitted to offer photographs with tiger cubs and with other young wild animals

The tree, 15 words

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	3 permitted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 offer	mark
5	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 permitted	xcomp
6	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 offer	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 cubs	case
8	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cubs	compound
9	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 offer	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 animals	cc
11	with	with	ADP	_	15 animals	case
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 animals	amod
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 animals	amod
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 animals	amod
15	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cubs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		They					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	offer not said to happen	to-infinitive		photographs				with tiger cubs and other young wild animals	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent photograph=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are inspected by associations for standards of care, safety and conservation

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	3 inspected	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 inspected	aux:pass
3	inspected	inspect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 associations	case
5	associations	association	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 inspected	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 standards	case
7	standards	standard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 inspected	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 care	case
9	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 standards	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 safety	punct
11	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 care	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 conservation	cc
13	conservation	conservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 care	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inspect	present · passive	associations	They				for standards of care and safety and conservation	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme for standard=Attribute

Option 4

They are owned by the royal household

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	3 owned	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 owned	aux:pass
3	owned	own	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 household	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 household	det
6	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 household	amod
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 owned	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	present · passive	the royal household	They					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme

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