Exam question 2 · Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C

Identify the principal reason for which fresh vegetables must be furnished to a guinea pig daily.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, furnish · To what, where: principal reason, fresh vegetables

This is exam question 2 of lesson 201 «Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C» 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	11 furnished	obl
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 vegetables	amod
8	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 furnished	nsubj:pass
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 furnished	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 furnished	aux:pass
11	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 pig	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pig	det
14	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pig	compound
15	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 furnished	obl
16	daily	daily	ADV	_	11 furnished	advmod
17	.	.	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	furnish	must · passive		fresh vegetables				for the principal reason; to a guinea pig; daily property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for which=Recipient

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

The animal derives its water solely from cabbage

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	3 derives	nsubj
3	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 water	nmod:poss
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	obj
6	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 derives	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 cabbage	case
8	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	the animal	animal's water		cabbage		solely property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent water=Result from cabbage=Material

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The animal is incapable of producing vitamin C within its own body

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 incapable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 incapable	cop
4	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 producing	mark
6	producing	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 incapable	acl
7	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 C	compound
8	C	c	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 producing	obj
9	within	within	ADP	_	12 body	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 body	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 body	amod
12	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 producing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the animal	incapable					tree rules
2	produce	gerund	incapable not said here	vitamin C				within animal's own body	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent c=Result

Option 3

The animal requires vegetables in order to sleep

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	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 requires	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 order	case
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sleep	mark
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 requires	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the animal	vegetables		order			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme vegetable=Precondition
2	sleep	to-infinitive	the animal not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The animal is incapable of digesting hay

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 incapable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 incapable	cop
4	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 digesting	mark
6	digesting	digest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 incapable	acl
7	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 digesting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the animal	incapable					tree rules
2	digest	gerund	incapable not said here	hay					tree rules

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