Exam question 2 · The vet

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of the protective cone fitted to a cat following surgery?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, fit · To what, where: function, protective cone, cat

This is exam question 2 of lesson 227 «The vet» 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 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 cone	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cone	det
13	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cone	amod
14	cone	cone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
15	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 cone	acl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 cat	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 cat	det
18	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fitted	obl
19	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 surgery	case
20	surgery	surgery	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cat	nmod
21	?	?	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 function of the protective cone		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	fit	participle	the protective cone not said here	a cat follow surgery		vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent to cat=Goal
4	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 improves the hearing of the animal during its recovery

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 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hearing	det
4	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 animal	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hearing	nmod
8	during	during	ADP	_	10 recovery	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 recovery	nmod:poss
10	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the hearing of the animal	during animal's recovery	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hearing=Patient
2	hear		the animal			nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=agent
3	recover		animal			nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It prevents the animal from licking its sutures and thereby reopening the wound

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 prevents	nsubj
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevents	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 licking	mark
6	licking	lick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevents	advcl
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sutures	nmod:poss
8	sutures	suture	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 licking	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 reopening	cc
10	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	11 reopening	advmod
11	reopening	reopen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 licking	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wound	det
13	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reopening	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	It	the animal		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer animal=Theme
2	lick	gerund		animal's sutures		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent suture=Source
3	reopen	gerund		the wound	thereby property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wound=Patient

Option 3

It maintains the temperature of the head during convalescence

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 maintains	nsubj
2	maintains	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 temperature	det
4	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 maintains	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 head	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 temperature	nmod
8	during	during	ADP	_	9 convalescence	case
9	convalescence	convalescence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 maintains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	maintain	present	It	the temperature of the head			during convalescence		vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent temperature=Theme

Option 4

It restricts the quantity of food consumed by the animal

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 restricts	nsubj
2	restricts	restrict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 quantity	det
4	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restricts	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quantity	nmod
7	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 quantity	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 animal	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 animal	det
10	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict	present	It	the quantity of food					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer quantity=Patient
2	consume	participle		the quantity of food not said here				by the animal	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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