Exam question 3 · Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cleanliness of pigs kept with adequate space?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, keep · To what, where: cleanliness, pigs

This is exam question 3 of lesson 138 «Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like» 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	10 cleanliness	det
10	cleanliness	cleanliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 pigs	case
12	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cleanliness	nmod
13	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 pigs	acl
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 space	case
15	adequate	adequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 space	amod
16	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kept	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the cleanliness of pigs	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	keep	participle	pigs not said here	with adequate space	vn keep-15.2 «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

They habitually sleep within their own excrement

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 sleep	nsubj
2	habitually	habitually	ADV	_	3 sleep	advmod
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	7 excrement	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 excrement	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 excrement	amod
7	excrement	excrement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	They					within their own excrement; habitually property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They keep the sleeping place clean and select a separate place for excretion

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 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 place	det
4	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	compound
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 select	cc
8	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 keep	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 place	det
10	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 place	amod
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 select	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 excretion	case
13	excretion	excretion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	They	the sleeping place				clean property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
2	select	infinitive	They not said here	a separate place				for excretion	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

Option 3

They are incapable of distinguishing clean from soiled ground

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 incapable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 clean	case
5	distinguishing	distinguishing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clean	amod
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 incapable	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	soiled	soil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ground	amod
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incapable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			soiled ground		of distinguishing clean; incapable property	tree rules
2	soil	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They require the daily washing of their pen by the farmer

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 require	nsubj
2	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 washing	det
4	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 washing	amod
5	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 require	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 pen	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pen	nmod:poss
8	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washing	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 farmer	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 farmer	det
11	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 require	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	They	the daily washing of their pen				by the farmer	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme washing=Precondition
2	wash			their pen					nom washing «act transitive»: of=patient

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