Exam question 2 · Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never sto…

Identify the principal reason for which the teeth of a rabbit require regular inspection.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, teeth · What happens: identify, require · To what, where: principal reason, regular inspection

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 require	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teeth	det
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 require	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 rabbit	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rabbit	det
11	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teeth	nmod
12	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
13	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 inspection	amod
14	inspection	inspection	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 require	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	require	present	the teeth of a rabbit	regular inspection				for the principal reason	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme inspection=Precondition

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

They are shed annually

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shed	aux:pass
3	shed	shed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	annually	annually	ADV	_	3 shed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shed	present · passive		They				annually property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source

Option 2

Rabbits possess no teeth at the rear of the mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possess	nsubj
2	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 teeth	det
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possess	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 rear	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rear	det
7	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possess	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 mouth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mouth	det
10	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Rabbits	no teeth		the rear of the mouth			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tooth=Theme

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

They grow continuously and may become overgrown without sufficient chewing of hay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	continuously	continuously	ADV	_	2 grow	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 become	cc
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 become	aux
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 grow	conj
7	overgrown	overgrown	ADV	_	6 become	advmod
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 chewing	case
9	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 chewing	amod
10	chewing	chewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 become	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 hay	case
12	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chewing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grow	present	They		continuously property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	become	may	They not said here		without sufficient chewing of hay; overgrown property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	chew			hay		nom chewing «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

They are coloured differently each season, the colour indicating the health of the animal

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 coloured	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 coloured	aux:pass
3	coloured	colour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	differently	differently	ADV	_	3 coloured	advmod
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 season	det
6	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coloured	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 colour	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 colour	det
9	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 season	appos
10	indicating	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 colour	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 health	det
12	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 indicating	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 animal	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 animal	det
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 health	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	colour	present · passive		They			season	differently property	tree rules
2	indicate	gerund	the colour not said here	the health of the animal					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot health=Topic

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