Exam question 3 · The vet

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the brown deposit observed upon the teeth of an elderly dog.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, observe · To what, where: response, brown deposit

This is exam question 3 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	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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 deposit	det
11	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 deposit	amod
12	deposit	deposit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 deposit	acl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 teeth	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 teeth	det
16	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 observed	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 dog	case
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 dog	det
19	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 dog	amod
20	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 teeth	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the brown deposit		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus deposit=Experiencer
4	observe	participle		the brown deposit not said here	upon the teeth of a elderly dog	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 is an indication of exceptional dental strength

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	4 indication	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 indication	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 indication	det
4	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 strength	case
6	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 strength	amod
7	dental	dental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 strength	amod
8	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indication	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a indication				of exceptional dental strength	tree rules

Option 2

It is a residue of chocolate, which is harmless to 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	4 residue	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 residue	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 residue	det
4	residue	residue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 chocolate	case
6	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 residue	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 harmless	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 harmless	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 harmless	cop
10	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 residue	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 animal	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 animal	det
13	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 harmless	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a residue				of chocolate	tree rules
2	is	present	a residue					to the animal; harmless property	tree rules

Option 3

It is soil acquired during digging and is of no consequence whatsoever to the animal

The tree, 15 words

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	4 acquired	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 acquired	aux:pass
3	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquired	nsubj
4	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	during	during	ADP	_	6 digging	case
6	digging	digging	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquired	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 consequence	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 consequence	cop
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 consequence	case
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 consequence	det
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquired	conj
12	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	11 consequence	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 animal	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 animal	det
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	present · passive		It			during digging		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present						of no consequence; to the animal; whatsoever property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is tartar, which may cause inflammation of the gums and the loss of teeth

The tree, 15 words

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	3 tartar	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tartar	cop
3	tartar	tartar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cause	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 cause	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cause	aux
7	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tartar	acl:relcl
8	inflammation	inflammation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 gums	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gums	det
11	gums	gum	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 inflammation	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 loss	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 loss	det
14	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inflammation	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 teeth	case
16	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 loss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	tartar	tree rules
2	cause	may	tartar	inflammation of the gums and the loss of teeth	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition inflammation=Patient
3	inflame			the gums	nom inflammation «state transitive»: of=patient

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