Exam question 1 · Kindness to wild animals

Identify the appropriate course of action upon the discovery of a solitary fawn concealed in long grass.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, conceal, discover · To what, where: appropriate course, solitary fawn, long grass

This is exam question 1 of lesson 226 «Kindness to wild animals» 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 course	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 discovery	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 discovery	det
9	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 fawn	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 fawn	det
12	solitary	solitary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fawn	amod
13	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovery	nmod
14	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 fawn	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 grass	case
16	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 grass	amod
17	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 concealed	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action		upon the discovery of a solitary fawn	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	conceal	participle		a solitary fawn not said here	long grass		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location
3	discover			a solitary fawn			nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

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

The fawn should be conveyed to the nearest agricultural holding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fawn	det
2	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conveyed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 conveyed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 conveyed	aux:pass
5	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 agricultural	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 agricultural	det
8	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 agricultural	amod
9	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conveyed	obl
10	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 conveyed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	should · passive		the fawn	the nearest agricultural				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to agricultural=Recipient
2	hold	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

The fawn should be left undisturbed, since the mother is probably feeding nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fawn	det
2	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	undisturbed	undisturbed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 left	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 feeding	punct
8	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 feeding	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mother	det
10	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 feeding	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 feeding	aux
12	probably	probably	ADV	_	13 feeding	advmod
13	feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 left	advcl
14	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	13 feeding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	should · passive		the fawn				undisturbed property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	feed	present · progressive	the mother					nearby, probably property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The fawn should be removed to a domestic dwelling and fed with cow's milk

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 fawn	det
2	fawn	fawn	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	_	9 dwelling	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dwelling	det
8	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dwelling	amod
9	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fed	cc
11	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 removed	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 milk	case
13	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 milk	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 cow	case
15	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	should · passive		the fawn		a domestic dwelling			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to dwelling=Destination
2	feed	participle						with cow's milk	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The observer should remain beside the fawn until the arrival of the mother, however long

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 observer	det
2	observer	observer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 fawn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fawn	det
7	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
8	until	until	ADP	_	10 arrival	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 arrival	det
10	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 mother	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mother	det
13	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arrival	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 however	punct
15	however	however	ADV	_	16 long	advmod
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 remain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	should	the observer			the fawn	until the arrival of the mother	long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside fawn=Location
2	arrive		the mother						nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

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