Exam question 1 · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility

Identify the principal reason for which the feeding of chocolate to dogs is to be avoided.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, chocolate · What happens: identify, avoid, feed · To what, where: principal reason, feeding

This is exam question 1 of lesson 225 «Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 avoided	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feeding	det
8	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 avoided	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 chocolate	case
10	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feeding	nmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 dogs	case
12	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 feeding	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 avoided	aux:pass
14	to	to	PART	_	16 avoided	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 avoided	aux:pass
16	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	avoid	present · passive	you not said here	the feeding of chocolate to dogs	for the principal reason	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location
3	feed		chocolate		to dogs	nom feeding «act intransitive»: of=agent to=obl

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

It causes the immediate loss of the dog's coat

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	2 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 loss	det
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 loss	amod
5	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 coat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coat	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 dog	case
10	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	the immediate loss of the dog's coat					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition loss=Patient

Option 2

It is invariably refused by the dog on account of its taste

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	4 refused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 refused	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 refused	advmod
4	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 dog	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refused	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 account	case
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refused	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 taste	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 taste	nmod:poss
12	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	refuse	present · passive	the dog	It	account of account's taste	invariably property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	account			account's taste			nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	taste		account				nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It contains a substance which the dog is unable to break down efficiently and which is poisonous

The tree, 17 words

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	2 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 substance	det
4	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 unable	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unable	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 unable	cop
9	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 substance	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 break	mark
11	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 unable	xcomp
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 break	compound:prt
13	efficiently	efficiently	ADV	_	11 break	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 poisonous	cc
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 poisonous	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 poisonous	cop
17	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 unable	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	a substance		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot substance=Theme
2	is	present	a substance		unable property	tree rules
3	break down	to-infinitive	a substance not said here		efficiently property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	is	present			poisonous property	tree rules

Option 4

It induces a permanent loss of memory in the dog

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	2 induces	nsubj
2	induces	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 loss	det
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 loss	amod
5	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induces	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 memory	case
7	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loss	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 dog	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dog	det
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	present	It	a permanent loss of memory				in the dog	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loss=Patient

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