Exam question 3 · Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs
It is given that a dog wearing a jacket bearing the words «do not distract» is encountered in a shop. Ascertain the appropriate conduct.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, jacket, you · What happens: give, wear, bear, not distract, encounter, ascertain · To what, where: It, jacket, words, dog, shop, appropriate conduct
This is exam question 3 of lesson 196 «Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a dog wearing a jacket bearing the words «do not distract» is encountered in a shop.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 encountered | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 encountered | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | wearing | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 dog | acl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 jacket | det |
| 9 | jacket | jacket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wearing | obj |
| 10 | bearing | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 jacket | acl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 words | det |
| 12 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 bearing | obj |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 distract | punct |
| 14 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 distract | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 distract | advmod |
| 16 | distract | distract | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 12 words | appos |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 distract | punct |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 encountered | aux:pass |
| 19 | encountered | encounter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 shop | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 shop | det |
| 22 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 encountered | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wear | gerund | a dog not said here | a jacket | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jacket=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bear | gerund | a jacket not said here | the words | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | ||||
| 4 | not distract in a quote | infinitive · do-support | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 5 | encounter | present · passive | a dog | a shop | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the appropriate conduct.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 conduct | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 conduct | amod |
| 4 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the appropriate conduct | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The animal is to be photographed at close range
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 | 6 photographed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 photographed | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 photographed | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 photographed | aux:pass |
| 6 | photographed | photograph | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 range | case |
| 8 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 range | amod |
| 9 | range | range | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 photographed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | photograph | present · passive | the animal | close range | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at range=Destination |
Option 2
The animal is to be offered food
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 | 6 offered | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 offered | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 offered | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 offered | aux:pass |
| 6 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 offered | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | present · passive | the animal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal food=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The animal is to be left undisturbed, since it is working
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 | 6 left | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 left | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 left | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 left | aux:pass |
| 6 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | undisturbed | undisturbed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 left | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 working | punct |
| 9 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 12 working | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 working | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 working | aux |
| 12 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 left | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present · passive | the animal | undisturbed property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | work | present · progressive | animal | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The animal is to be summoned and stroked
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 | 6 summoned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 summoned | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 summoned | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 summoned | aux:pass |
| 6 | summoned | summon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stroked | cc |
| 8 | stroked | stroke | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 summoned | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | summon | present · passive | the animal | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | stroke | participle | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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