Exam question 1 · Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the housing of Syrian hamsters?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 202 «Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice» 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	10 housing	det
10	housing	housing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 hamsters	case
12	Syrian	Syrian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hamsters	amod
13	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 housing	nmod
14	?	?	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 housing of Syrian hamsters				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

Adult Syrian hamsters ought to be housed singly, since they attack others of their kind

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hamsters	amod
2	Syrian	Syrian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hamsters	amod
3	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 housed	nsubj:pass
4	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 housed	aux
5	to	to	PART	_	7 housed	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 housed	aux:pass
7	housed	house	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	singly	singly	ADV	_	7 housed	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 attack	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 attack	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 attack	nsubj
12	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 housed	conj
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 attack	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 kind	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 kind	nmod:poss
16	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 others	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	house	ought · passive		Adult Syrian hamsters				singly property	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value
2	attack	present	hamsters = hamster	others of hamsters's kind					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Patient

Option 2

They require the company of a gerbil

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 company	det
4	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 require	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 gerbil	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gerbil	det
7	gerbil	gerbil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 company	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	They	the company of a gerbil					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme company=Precondition

Option 3

They ought invariably to be housed in groups of six or more

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	6 housed	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 housed	aux
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 housed	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	6 housed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 housed	aux:pass
6	housed	house	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 groups	case
8	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 housed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 six	case
10	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 groups	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 more	cc
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 six	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	house	ought · passive		They		groups of six		invariably property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in group=Location

Option 4

They may be housed with any rodent 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	4 housed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 housed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 housed	aux:pass
4	housed	house	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 rodent	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 rodent	det
7	rodent	rodent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 housed	obl
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 housed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	house	may · passive		They				with any rodent; whatsoever property	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value

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