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Exam question 3 · Budgies and canaries

It is given that a budgerigar has remained fluffed up and motionless for a prolonged period. Ascertain the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, remain, fluff up, prolong, ascertain · To what, where: It, budgerigar, appropriate course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 205 «Budgies and canaries» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a budgerigar has remained fluffed up and motionless for a prolonged period.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 remained	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 budgerigar	det
6	budgerigar	budgerigar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 remained	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 remained	aux
8	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	fluffed	fluff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 remained	xcomp
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 fluffed	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 motionless	cc
12	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fluffed	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 period	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 period	det
15	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 period	amod
16	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 motionless	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	remain	present · perfect · passive		a budgerigar					tree rules
3	fluff up	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: 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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the appropriate course of action.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 course	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The bird ought to be bathed in cold water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bathed	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bathed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 bathed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 bathed	aux:pass
6	bathed	bath	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bathed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bath	ought · passive		the bird		cold water			tree rules

Option 2

No action is required, as this denotes contentment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 denotes	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 denotes	mark
7	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 denotes	nsubj
8	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	advcl
9	contentment	contentment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 denotes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		no action					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	denote	present	this	contentment					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot contentment=Topic

Option 3

The bird ought to be confined in darkness for a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 confined	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 confined	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 confined	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 confined	aux:pass
6	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 darkness	case
8	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 confined	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 week	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 week	det
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	ought · passive		the bird		darkness	week		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in darkness=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Veterinary advice ought to be sought without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Veterinary	Veterinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 advice	compound
2	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sought	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 sought	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 sought	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 sought	aux:pass
6	sought	seek	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 delay	case
8	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	ought · passive		Veterinary advice				without delay	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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