Exam question 3 · Dolphins, porpoises and seals

Ascertain the course of action appropriate upon the discovery of an unaccompanied seal pup upon a beach.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, discover · To what, where: course, unaccompanied seal pup

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Dolphins, porpoises and seals» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 discovery	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 discovery	det
9	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 appropriate	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 pup	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pup	det
12	unaccompanied	unaccompanied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pup	amod
13	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pup	compound
14	pup	pup	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovery	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 beach	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 beach	det
17	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pup	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the course of action					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	discover			a unaccompanied seal pup upon a beach					nom discovery «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Remain at a distance and notify a wildlife rescue if it appears injured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 distance	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 distance	det
4	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remain	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 notify	cc
6	notify	notify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Remain	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rescue	det
8	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rescue	compound
9	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notify	obj
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 appears	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 appears	nsubj
12	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 notify	advcl
13	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 appears	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remain	imperative	you not said here		at a distance	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at distance=Location
2	notify speech: other	infinitive	you not said here	a wildlife rescue		vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rescue=Recipient
3	appear a condition, not said to happen	present	it			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
4	injure	participle				tree rules

Option 2

Feed it with cow's milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Feed	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 milk	case
4	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 milk	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 cow	case
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here	it				with cow's milk	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Convey it forthwith to the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Convey	convey	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Convey	obj
3	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Convey	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forthwith	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	imperative	you not said here	it				forthwith property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

Remove it to a private dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Remove	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 dwelling	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dwelling	det
5	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dwelling	amod
6	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	imperative	you not said here	it		a private dwelling			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to dwelling=Destination

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