Exam question 3 · Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits and feeders

It is given that a feathered young bird is discovered upon the ground, hopping. Ascertain the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, discover, hop, ascertain · To what, where: It, feathered young bird, appropriate course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 216 «Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits and feeders» 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 feathered young bird is discovered upon the ground, hopping.

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	_	10 discovered	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bird	det
6	feathered	feathered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bird	amod
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bird	amod
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discovered	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 discovered	aux:pass
10	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	ccomp
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 ground	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ground	det
13	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discovered	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hopping	punct
15	hopping	hop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 discovered	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive	It		tree rules
2	discover	present · passive	a feathered young bird	upon the ground	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
3	hop	gerund			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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

The bird should be removed to a dwelling and fed milk until it is grown

The tree, 15 words

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	5 removed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 removed	aux:pass
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 dwelling	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dwelling	det
8	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 milk	cc
10	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 milk	amod
11	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dwelling	conj
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	15 grown	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 grown	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 grown	aux:pass
15	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 removed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	remove	should · passive	the bird	a dwelling and fed milk	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to dwelling=Destination
2	feed	participle			vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
3	grow	present · passive	bird		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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

The bird should ordinarily be left alone, its parents continuing to feed it

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 left	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 left	aux
4	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	6 left	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 left	aux:pass
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 left	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 parents	punct
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 parents	nmod:poss
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 left	obl
11	continuing	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 parents	acl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 feed	mark
13	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 continuing	xcomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	should · passive		the bird	bird's parents obl; alone, ordinarily property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	continue	gerund	bird's parents not said here			vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	feed	to-infinitive	bird's parents not said here	bird		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

The bird should be placed within a refrigerator, so as to preserve it until a veterinarian arrives

The tree, 17 words

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	5 placed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 placed	aux:pass
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 refrigerator	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 refrigerator	det
8	refrigerator	refrigerator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 preserve	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 preserve	advmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 preserve	mark
12	to	to	PART	_	13 preserve	mark
13	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 placed	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 preserve	obj
15	until	until	SCONJ	_	18 arrives	mark
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 veterinarian	det
17	veterinarian	veterinarian	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 arrives	nsubj
18	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 preserve	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	place	should · passive		the bird	within a refrigerator	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme
2	preserve	to-infinitive		bird		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary
3	arrive	present	a veterinarian			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The bird should be thrown into the air

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	5 thrown	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 thrown	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 thrown	aux:pass
5	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	should · passive		the bird				into the air result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into air=Result

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