Exam question 1 · Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never sto…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate diet of the domestic rabbit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: appropriate diet

This is exam question 1 of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» 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 diet	det
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 diet	amod
11	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 rabbit	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 rabbit	det
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 rabbit	amod
15	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 diet	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the appropriate diet of the domestic rabbit				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 right answer

Hay and grass ought to constitute the greater part, with carrots offered sparingly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constitute	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 grass	cc
3	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hay	conj
4	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 constitute	aux
5	to	to	PART	_	6 constitute	mark
6	constitute	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
8	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constitute	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 carrots	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 carrots	case
12	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 constitute	obl
13	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 carrots	acl
14	sparingly	sparingly	ADV	_	13 offered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	ought	Hay and grass	the greater part				with carrots	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme part=Pivot
2	offer	participle		carrots not said here				sparingly property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Lettuce ought to constitute the exclusive diet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lettuce	lettuce	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constitute	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 constitute	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 constitute	mark
4	constitute	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 diet	det
6	exclusive	exclusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 diet	amod
7	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constitute	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	ought	Lettuce	the exclusive diet					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme diet=Pivot

Option 3

Bread and pellets suffice entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suffice	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 pellets	cc
3	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj
4	suffice	suffice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 suffice	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffice	present	Bread and pellets					entirely property	tree rules

Option 4

Carrots ought to constitute the greater part of the diet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 constitute	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 constitute	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 constitute	mark
4	constitute	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 part	det
6	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 part	amod
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constitute	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 diet	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 diet	det
10	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	ought	Carrots	the greater part of the diet					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme part=Pivot

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