Exam question 2 · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard presented by lilies to domestic cats?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, present · To what, where: hazard, domestic cats

This is exam question 2 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	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 hazard	det
10	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 hazard	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 lilies	case
13	lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 presented	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 cats	case
15	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 cats	amod
16	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 presented	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the hazard		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	present	participle	the hazard not said here	domestic cats	by lilies	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to cat=Recipient

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

Only the scent is harmful, causing mild sneezing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 scent	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 scent	det
3	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 harmful	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 harmful	cop
5	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 causing	punct
7	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 harmful	advcl
8	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sneezing	amod
9	sneezing	sneezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 causing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the scent					harmful property	tree rules
2	cause	gerund	the scent not said here	mild sneezing					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sneezing=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

All parts, including pollen ingested during grooming, may cause damage to the kidneys

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 parts	det
2	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 cause	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 pollen	punct
4	including	including	ADP	_	5 pollen	case
5	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 parts	appos
6	ingested	ingest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pollen	acl
7	during	during	ADP	_	8 grooming	case
8	grooming	grooming	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ingested	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 parts	punct
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 cause	aux
11	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cause	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 kidneys	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kidneys	det
15	kidneys	kidney	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 cause	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ingest	participle		pollen not said here			during grooming		vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal
2	cause	may	all parts	damage				to the kidneys	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition damage=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Lilies present no hazard whatsoever to domestic cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 present	nsubj
2	present	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 hazard	det
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 present	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 present	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 cats	case
7	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cats	amod
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 present	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	present	Lilies	no hazard	domestic cats			whatsoever property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme to cat=Recipient

Option 4

Only the petals are harmful, and only when consumed in considerable quantity by the animal

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 petals	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 petals	det
3	petals	petal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 harmful	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 harmful	cop
5	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 consumed	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 consumed	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 consumed	advmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 consumed	advmod
10	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 harmful	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 quantity	case
12	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 quantity	amod
13	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consumed	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 animal	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 animal	det
16	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the petals					harmful property	tree rules
2	consume	participle	the petals not said here			considerable quantity		by the animal	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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