Exam question 3 · Kindness to wild animals

Select the response consistent with the established guidance in respect of a bat which has entered a dwelling.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, enter, respect · To what, where: response, bat

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 guidance	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guidance	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 guidance	amod
8	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 respect	case
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guidance	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 bat	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bat	det
13	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 respect	nmod
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 entered	nsubj:pass
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 entered	aux
16	entered	enter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 bat	acl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 dwelling	det
18	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 entered	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	enter	present · perfect · passive		a bat	tree rules
4	respect			a bat	nom respect «cognition 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 windows should be closed so that the bat may be retained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 windows	det
2	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 closed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 closed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 closed	aux:pass
5	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 retained	mark
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 so	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bat	det
9	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 retained	nsubj:pass
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 retained	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 retained	aux:pass
12	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 closed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	should · passive		the windows					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	retain	may · passive		the bat					tree rules

Option 2

The bat should be captured in the bare hands and released

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bat	det
2	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 captured	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 captured	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 captured	aux:pass
5	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 hands	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hands	det
8	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hands	amod
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 captured	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 released	cc
11	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 captured	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture	should · passive		the bat		the bare hands			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	release	participle							vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The windows should be opened and the lights extinguished, so that the bat may depart

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 windows	det
2	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 opened	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 opened	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 opened	aux:pass
5	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 extinguished	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lights	det
8	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 extinguished	nsubj
9	extinguished	extinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 opened	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 depart	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 depart	advmod
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 depart	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bat	det
14	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 depart	nsubj
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 depart	aux
16	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 opened	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	open	should · passive		the windows	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	extinguish	past	the lights		vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	depart	may	the bat		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

All lights should be illuminated so that the bat may perceive the exit and depart

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 lights	det
2	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 illuminated	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 illuminated	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 illuminated	aux:pass
5	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 perceive	mark
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 so	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bat	det
9	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 perceive	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 perceive	aux
11	perceive	perceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 illuminated	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 exit	det
13	exit	exit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 perceive	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 depart	cc
15	depart	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 illuminated	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	illuminate	should · passive		all lights	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination
2	perceive	may	the bat	the exit	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer exit=Stimulus
3	depart	present			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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