Exam question 2 · Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, g…

Identify the principal reason for which most domestic sheep require shearing at least annually.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, most domestic sheep · What happens: identify, require, shear · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 139 «Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, gazelles, kangaroos» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 require	obl
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 sheep	amod
8	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sheep	amod
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 require	nsubj
10	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	shearing	shear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 require	xcomp
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 least	case
13	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 annually	obl
14	annually	annually	ADV	_	11 shearing	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	require	present	most domestic sheep		for the principal reason	vn require-103-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
3	shear	gerund	most domestic sheep not said here		annually property	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: 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

Their wool turns to hair if it is not removed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wool	nmod:poss
2	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	nsubj
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 hair	case
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	obl
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 removed	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 removed	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 removed	aux:pass
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 removed	advmod
10	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 turns	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Their wool			hair			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to hair=Trajectory
2	not remove a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		wool					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Shearing is required by law for reasons of appearance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shearing	shearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 reasons	case
7	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl:agent
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 appearance	case
9	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reasons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	reasons of appearance	Shearing				by law	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Shearing prevents the animals from overheating in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shearing	shearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevents	nsubj
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animals	det
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prevents	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 overheating	mark
6	overheating	overheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevents	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 overheating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	Shearing	the animals					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer animal=Theme
2	overheat	gerund	Shearing not said here				winter		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Their wool continues to grow without being shed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wool	nmod:poss
2	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 continues	nsubj
3	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 grow	mark
5	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 continues	xcomp
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 shed	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 shed	aux:pass
8	shed	shed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 grow	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	continue	present	Their wool	vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	grow	to-infinitive	Their wool not said here	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	shed	gerund · passive	Their wool not said here	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»

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