Exam question 1 · Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a fawn discovered alone in long grass.

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 143 «Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fawn	det
11	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 fawn	acl
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 discovered	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 grass	case
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 grass	amod
16	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 discovered	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	a fawn			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fawn=Experiencer
4	discover	participle		a fawn not said here	long grass	alone property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: 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

The fawn has evidently been abandoned by its mother and requires prompt removal to a dwelling for its care

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fawn	det
2	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 abandoned	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 abandoned	aux
4	evidently	evidently	ADV	_	6 abandoned	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 abandoned	aux:pass
6	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 mother	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 abandoned	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 requires	cc
11	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 abandoned	conj
12	prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 removal	amod
13	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requires	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 dwelling	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 dwelling	det
16	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requires	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 care	case
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 care	nmod:poss
19	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	abandon	present · perfect · passive	fawn's mother	the fawn	evidently property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme subject=Source
2	require	present	fawn's mother not said here	prompt removal	to a dwelling; for fawn's care	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme removal=Precondition
3	care		fawn			nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The fawn requires immediate feeding with cow's milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fawn	det
2	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feeding	amod
5	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 milk	case
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 milk	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 cow	case
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the fawn	immediate feeding				with cow's milk	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feeding=Precondition

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

The fawn has customarily been concealed by its mother, who is feeding nearby, and should be left undisturbed

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fawn	det
2	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 concealed	aux
4	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	6 concealed	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 concealed	aux:pass
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 mother	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concealed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 feeding	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 feeding	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 feeding	aux
13	feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 mother	acl
14	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	13 feeding	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 left	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 left	cc
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 left	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 left	aux:pass
19	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 concealed	parataxis
20	undisturbed	undisturbed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	conceal	present · perfect · passive	fawn's mother	the fawn	customarily property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	feed	present · progressive	fawn's mother		nearby property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
3	leave	should · passive			undisturbed property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»

Option 4

The fawn ought to be pursued so as to rejoin its mother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fawn	det
2	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pursued	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 pursued	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 pursued	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 pursued	aux:pass
6	pursued	pursue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 rejoin	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 rejoin	mark
9	to	to	PART	_	10 rejoin	mark
10	rejoin	rejoin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pursued	advcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mother	nmod:poss
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rejoin	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pursue	ought · passive		the fawn					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	rejoin	to-infinitive		fawn's mother					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Patient

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