Exam question 3 · Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the historical function of the Dalmatian in respect of fire services?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, respect · To what, where: historical function, respect, fire services

This is exam question 3 of lesson 140 «Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs» 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	11 function	det
10	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 function	amod
11	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Dalmatian	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Dalmatian	det
14	Dalmatian	Dalmatian	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 function	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 respect	case
16	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 services	case
18	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 services	compound
19	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 respect	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the historical function of the Dalmatian	respect of fire services	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	respect		fire services			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

It detected fires by the scent of smoke at great distances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 detected	nsubj
2	detected	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 detected	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 scent	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 scent	det
6	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 detected	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 smoke	case
8	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scent	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 distances	case
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 distances	amod
11	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 detected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect	past	It	fires				by the scent of smoke; at great distances	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer fire=Stimulus
2	scent			smoke					nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It extinguished fires by means of its trained behaviour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 extinguished	nsubj
2	extinguished	extinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 extinguished	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 means	case
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 extinguished	parataxis
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 behaviour	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 behaviour	nmod:poss
8	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 behaviour	amod
9	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extinguished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	extinguish	past	It	fires	of its trained behaviour	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme of behaviour=Initial_Location
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	train	participle				vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It pulled the fire carts without the assistance of horses, being harnessed in their place

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 carts	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carts	compound
5	carts	cart	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulled	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 assistance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 assistance	det
8	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 horses	case
10	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 assistance	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 harnessed	punct
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 harnessed	aux:pass
13	harnessed	harness	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pulled	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 place	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 place	nmod:poss
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 harnessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pull	past	It	the fire carts		without the assistance of horses	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme
2	harness	gerund · passive			horses's place		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	assist			horses			nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It ran beside horse-drawn fire carts, clearing the way and calming the horses

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 carts	case
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drawn	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 horse	punct
6	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 carts	amod
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carts	compound
8	carts	cart	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ran	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 clearing	punct
10	clearing	clear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 ran	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 clearing	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 calming	cc
14	calming	calm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 clearing	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 horses	det
16	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 calming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	run	past	It		drawn fire carts	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside cart=Trajectory
2	draw	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	clear	gerund		the way		vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent way=Source
4	calm	gerund		the horses		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus horse=Experiencer

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