Exam question 1 · Spike and Tom: real dogs and cats, enemies or friends?

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the relations between domestic dogs and cats.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, relations

This is exam question 1 of lesson 121 «Spike and Tom: real dogs and cats, enemies or friends?» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 relations	det
11	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	between	between	ADP	_	14 dogs	case
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dogs	amod
14	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 relations	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 cats	cc
16	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 dogs	conj
17	.	.	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	the relations	between domestic dogs and cats	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus relation=Experiencer

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

Peaceful cohabitation is possible solely where the dog is smaller than the cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cohabitation	amod
2	cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 possible	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 possible	cop
4	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	10 smaller	advmod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 smaller	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smaller	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 smaller	cop
10	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 possible	parataxis
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 cat	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cat	det
13	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smaller	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Peaceful cohabitation					possible property	tree rules
2	is	present	the dog					than the cat; small, solely property	tree rules

Option 2

The two species are by nature incapable of peaceful cohabitation under any circumstances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 species	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 species	nummod
3	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 incapable	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 incapable	cop
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 incapable	case
6	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 incapable	compound
7	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cohabitation	case
9	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cohabitation	amod
10	cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 incapable	nmod
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 circumstances	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 circumstances	det
13	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the two species			any circumstances		by nature incapable; of peaceful cohabitation	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Animals of the two species which are raised together, or introduced gradually, may form durable friendships

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 form	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 species	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 species	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 species	nummod
5	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Animals	nmod
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 raised	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 raised	aux:pass
8	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 species	acl:relcl
9	together	together	ADV	_	8 raised	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 introduced	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 introduced	cc
12	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 raised	conj
13	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	12 introduced	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Animals	punct
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 form	aux
16	form	form	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	durable	durable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 friendships	amod
18	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 form	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	raise	present · passive		the two species	together property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	introduce	participle			gradually property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	form	may	Animals of the two species	durable friendships		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location friendship=Theme

Option 4

Peaceful cohabitation is possible solely between animals of the same sex

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cohabitation	amod
2	cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 possible	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 possible	cop
4	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 possible	advmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 animals	case
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 possible	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 sex	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sex	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sex	amod
11	sex	sex	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 animals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Peaceful cohabitation					between animals of the same sex; possible, solely property	tree rules

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