Exam question 3 · Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the keeping of guinea pigs.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, keep · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 keeping	det
11	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 concerning	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 pigs	case
13	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pigs	compound
14	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 keeping	obl
15	.	.	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			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	keep	gerund	the established facts not said here		of guinea pigs	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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

They are solitary and attack all companions placed within their enclosure

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 solitary	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 solitary	cop
3	solitary	solitary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 attack	cc
5	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 solitary	conj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 companions	det
7	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attack	obj
8	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 companions	acl
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 enclosure	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 enclosure	nmod:poss
11	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attack	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	They		solitary property	tree rules
2	attack	infinitive	They not said here	all companions	within companions's enclosure	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Patient
3	place	participle		all companions not said here		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They require no hiding place whatsoever

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 require	nsubj
2	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 place	det
4	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	compound
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 require	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 require	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	They	no hiding place				whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme place=Precondition

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are social animals and ought to be kept in the company of at least one other

The tree, 17 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	4 animals	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 animals	cop
3	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animals	amod
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 kept	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	9 kept	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 kept	aux:pass
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 animals	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 company	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 company	det
12	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 one	case
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 least	case
15	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 one	nmod
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 company	nmod
17	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	social animals					tree rules
2	keep	ought · passive	They not said here			the company of one at least			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: in company=Location

Option 4

They thrive in cold and damp garden hutches

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 thrive	nsubj
2	thrive	thrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 hutches	case
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hutches	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 damp	cc
6	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cold	conj
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hutches	compound
8	hutches	hutch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 thrive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thrive	present	They			cold garden hutches			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hutch=Location

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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