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Exam question 3 · Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives

It is given that a captive parrot has commenced removing its own feathers. Ascertain the most probable cause.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, commence, remove, ascertain · To what, where: It, captive parrot, own feathers, probable cause

This is exam question 3 of lesson 206 «Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives» 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 captive parrot has commenced removing its own feathers.

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	_	9 commenced	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 parrot	det
6	captive	captive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 parrot	amod
7	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 commenced	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 commenced	aux
9	commenced	commence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
10	removing	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 commenced	xcomp
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 feathers	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 feathers	amod
13	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 removing	obj
14	.	.	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	commence	present · perfect · passive		a captive parrot					tree rules
3	remove	gerund		parrot's own feathers					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Theme

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 most probable cause.

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	5 cause	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 probable	advmod
4	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	.	.	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 probable cause					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Boredom, loneliness or stress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boredom	boredom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 loneliness	punct
3	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Boredom	conj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 stress	cc
5	stress	stress	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Boredom	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

An excess of company and toys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 excess	det
2	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 company	case
4	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 excess	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 toys	cc
6	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 excess	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The approach of migration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 approach	det
2	approach	approach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 migration	case
4	migration	migration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 approach	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach		migration						nom approach «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

A natural requirement for brighter plumage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 requirement	det
2	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 requirement	amod
3	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 plumage	case
5	brighter	bright	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 plumage	amod
6	plumage	plumage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requirement	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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