Exam question 1 · Cartoon pets and animal myths put right

Identify the principal reason for which a domestic cat ought not to be maintained upon a diet of pasta.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, not maintain · To what, where: principal reason, domestic cat

This is exam question 1 of lesson 228 «Cartoon pets and animal myths put right» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 maintained	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cat	det
8	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cat	amod
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 maintained	nsubj
10	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 maintained	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 maintained	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	14 maintained	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 maintained	aux:pass
14	maintained	maintain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 diet	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 diet	det
17	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 maintained	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 pasta	case
19	pasta	pasta	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 diet	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	not maintain	ought · passive	you not said here	a domestic cat				for the principal reason; upon a diet of pasta	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer

The cat is a carnivore that requires meat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carnivore	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 carnivore	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 carnivore	det
5	carnivore	carnivore	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 requires	nsubj
7	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 carnivore	acl:relcl
8	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the cat	a carnivore					tree rules
2	require	present	a carnivore	meat					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme meat=Precondition

Option 2

The cat is incapable of chewing any soft food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 incapable	cop
4	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 chewing	mark
6	chewing	chew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 incapable	advcl
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 food	det
8	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 food	amod
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chewing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the cat					incapable property	tree rules
2	chew	gerund	the cat not said here	any soft food					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Option 3

Pasta renders the cat incapable of hunting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pasta	Pasta	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 incapable	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incapable	compound
5	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 hunting	case
7	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	Pasta	the cat incapable of hunting					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incapable=Theme

Option 4

The cat prefers sweet foods above all others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prefers	nsubj
3	prefers	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 foods	amod
5	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prefers	obj
6	above	above	ADP	_	8 others	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 others	det
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prefers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	the cat	sweet foods		all others			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus

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