Exam question 4 · Cartoon pets and animal myths put right

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a fawn discovered alone in long grass.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, discover · To what, where: response, fawn, long grass

This is exam question 4 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fawn	det
11	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 fawn	acl
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 discovered	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 grass	case
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 grass	amod
16	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 discovered	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	a fawn			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fawn=Experiencer
4	discover	participle		a fawn not said here	long grass	alone property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: 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

It has invariably been abandoned and must be removed to a place of safety without delay

The tree, 16 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	5 abandoned	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 abandoned	aux
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 abandoned	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 abandoned	aux:pass
5	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 removed	cc
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 removed	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 removed	aux:pass
9	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 abandoned	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 place	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 place	det
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 removed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 safety	case
14	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 place	nmod
15	without	without	ADP	_	16 delay	case
16	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	present · perfect · passive		It				invariably property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source
2	remove	must · passive				a place of safety		without delay	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to place=Destination

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

It has in most cases been concealed there by its mother, who returns to feed it

The tree, 16 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	7 concealed	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 concealed	aux
3	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 concealed	mark
4	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 concealed	nsubj
5	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 concealed	nsubj:pass
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 concealed	aux:pass
7	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 concealed	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 mother	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mother	nmod:poss
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concealed	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 returns	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 returns	nsubj
14	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 mother	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 feed	mark
16	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 returns	xcomp
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	conceal	present · perfect · passive	its mother	It	there	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	return	present	its mother			tree rules
3	feed	to-infinitive	its mother not said here	it		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

It is necessarily injured and incapable of walking

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 injured	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 injured	aux:pass
3	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	4 injured	advmod
4	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 incapable	cc
6	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 injured	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 walking	case
8	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	injure	present · passive		It				necessarily property	tree rules

Option 4

It has been concealed there by a rabbit

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 concealed	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 concealed	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 concealed	aux:pass
4	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 concealed	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 rabbit	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rabbit	det
8	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present · perfect · passive	a rabbit	It		there			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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