Exam question 4 · Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a dog which exhibits the whites of its eyes whilst embraced.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, dog · What happens: select, establish, concern, exhibit, embrace · To what, where: response, dog, whites

This is exam question 4 of lesson 194 «Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe» 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 dog	det
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 exhibits	nsubj
13	exhibits	exhibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dog	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 whites	det
15	whites	white	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 exhibits	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 eyes	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 eyes	nmod:poss
18	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 whites	nmod
19	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	20 embraced	mark
20	embraced	embrace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 exhibits	advcl
21	.	.	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	a dog		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer
4	exhibit	present	a dog	the whites of dog's eyes		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent white=Theme
5	embrace	participle	a dog not said here			vn marry-36.2 «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

The animal is seeking a toy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seeking	aux
4	seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 toy	det
6	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	present · progressive	the animal	a toy					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme

Option 2

The animal is expressing profound affection for the child who holds it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expressing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expressing	aux
4	expressing	express	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	profound	profound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 affection	amod
6	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expressing	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 child	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expressing	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 holds	nsubj
11	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 child	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 holds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · progressive	the animal	profound affection				for the child	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=Theme
2	hold	present	the child	affection					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

The animal is about to fall asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 about	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 about	cop
4	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fall	mark
6	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 about	xcomp
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fall	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the animal					about property	tree rules
2	fall	to-infinitive	the animal not said here					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The animal is uncomfortable and ought to be released

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uncomfortable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 uncomfortable	cop
4	uncomfortable	uncomfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 released	cc
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 released	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	9 released	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 released	aux:pass
9	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 uncomfortable	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the animal					uncomfortable property	tree rules
2	release	ought · passive	the animal not said here						vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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