Exam question 2 · Famous zoos in the USA and the UK

Identify the statute under which zoological institutions in the United Kingdom are required to hold a licence.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, require, hold · To what, where: statute, zoological institutions, licence

This is exam question 2 of lesson 116 «Famous zoos in the USA and the UK» 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	3 statute	det
3	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 required	obl
6	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 institutions	amod
7	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 required	nsubj:pass
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 Kingdom	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Kingdom	det
10	United	United	PROPN	_	11 Kingdom	flat
11	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 institutions	nmod
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 required	aux:pass
13	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 statute	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 hold	mark
15	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 required	xcomp
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 licence	det
17	licence	licence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hold	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the statute		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent statute=Theme
2	require	present · passive		zoological institutions in the United Kingdom	the statute	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	hold	to-infinitive		a licence		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent licence=Theme

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

No such statute is in force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 statute	det
2	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 statute	amod
3	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 force	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 force	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 force	case
6	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	no such statute			force			tree rules

Option 2

The Wildlife Freedom Act of 1828

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Act	det
2	Wildlife	Wildlife	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Act	compound
3	Freedom	Freedom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Act	compound
4	Act	Act	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 1828	case
6	1828	1828	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 Act	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Zoo Licensing Act of 1981

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Act	det
2	Zoo	Zoo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Licensing	compound
3	Licensing	Licensing	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Act	compound
4	Act	Act	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 1981	case
6	1981	1981	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 Act	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The Animal Exhibition Act of 1752

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Act	det
2	Animal	Animal	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Exhibition	compound
3	Exhibition	Exhibition	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Act	compound
4	Act	Act	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 1752	case
6	1752	1752	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 Act	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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