Exam question 4 · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility

Ascertain the principle expressed by the statement that a pet is for life and not solely for a festive occasion.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pet · What happens: ascertain, express, be · To what, where: principle

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 principle	det
3	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 principle	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 statement	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 statement	det
7	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expressed	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 life	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pet	det
10	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 life	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 life	cop
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 life	case
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 statement	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 solely	cc
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 solely	advmod
16	solely	solely	ADV	_	13 life	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 occasion	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 occasion	det
19	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 occasion	amod
20	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 solely	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principle		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent principle=Topic
2	express	participle		the principle not said here	by the statement	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	a pet		for life	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

The owner assumes responsibility for the care of the animal throughout its lifespan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 owner	det
2	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assumes	nsubj
3	assumes	assume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assumes	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 care	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 care	det
7	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assumes	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 animal	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 animal	det
10	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 care	nmod
11	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	13 lifespan	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 lifespan	nmod:poss
13	lifespan	lifespan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assumes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assume	present	the owner	responsibility			throughout owner's lifespan	for the care of the animal	vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme
2	care		the animal						nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The animal is expected to survive only until the following year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expected	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expected	aux:pass
4	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 survive	mark
6	survive	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 expected	xcomp
7	only	only	ADV	_	11 year	advmod
8	until	until	ADP	_	11 year	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 year	det
10	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 year	amod
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 survive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	expect	present · passive		the animal		tree rules
2	survive not said to happen	to-infinitive	the animal not said here		year	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The animal requires attention only during the festive period

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 period	advmod
6	during	during	ADP	_	9 period	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 period	det
8	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 period	amod
9	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the animal	attention			during the festive period		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition

Option 4

The animal may be returned to the vendor after the festive period

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 returned	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 returned	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 returned	aux:pass
5	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 vendor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vendor	det
8	vendor	vendor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 returned	obl
9	after	after	ADP	_	12 period	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 period	det
11	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 period	amod
12	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	may · passive		the animal		the vendor	after the festive period		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to vendor=Destination

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