Exam question 2 · How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the so-called guilty look of the dog.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, call · To what, where: response, called guilty look · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 193 «How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces» 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	15 look	det
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 called	advmod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 so	punct
13	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 look	amod
14	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 look	amod
15	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 dog	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dog	det
18	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 look	nmod
19	.	.	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 called guilty look of the dog		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus look=Experiencer
4	call	participle				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP 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 · ← Mova's choice

It occurs only when the dog is innocent

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 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	8 innocent	advmod
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 innocent	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 innocent	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 innocent	cop
8	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 occurs	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the dog					innocent property	tree rules

Option 2

It constitutes clear proof that the dog recalls its misdeed and experiences sincere remorse on account of it

The tree, 18 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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 proof	amod
4	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 recalls	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recalls	nsubj
8	recalls	recall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 constitutes	advcl
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 misdeed	nmod:poss
10	misdeed	misdeed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recalls	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 experiences	cc
12	experiences	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 constitutes	conj
13	sincere	sincere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 remorse	amod
14	remorse	remorse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 experiences	obj
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 account	case
16	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 experiences	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	clear proof		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme proof=Pivot
2	recall	present	the dog	dog's misdeed		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misdeed=Theme
3	experience	present		sincere remorse	account of dog	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer remorse=Stimulus
4	account			dog		nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It occurs only in the presence of other dogs

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 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 presence	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 presence	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 presence	det
6	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 dogs	case
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dogs	amod
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It	the presence of other dogs					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is principally a response to the displeasure of the owner rather than a recollection of wrongdoing

The tree, 17 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	5 response	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 response	cop
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	5 response	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 response	det
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 displeasure	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 displeasure	det
8	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 response	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 owner	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 owner	det
11	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 displeasure	nmod
12	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	15 recollection	cc
13	than	than	ADP	_	12 rather	fixed
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 recollection	det
15	recollection	recollection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 response	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 wrongdoing	case
17	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 recollection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a response rather a recollection of wrongdoing	to the displeasure of the owner; principally property	tree rules
2	displease			the owner		nom displeasure «feeling transitive»: of=patient
3	recollect			wrongdoing		nom recollection «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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