Exam question 1 · What a child can do for nature

Identify the principal reason for which the provision of an aperture at the base of a garden fence is recommended.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, aperture · What happens: identify, recommend, provide · To what, where: principal reason, provision

This is exam question 1 of lesson 285 «What a child can do for nature» 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	20 recommended	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 provision	det
8	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 recommended	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 aperture	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 aperture	det
11	aperture	aperture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 provision	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 base	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 base	det
14	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 aperture	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 fence	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 fence	det
17	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fence	compound
18	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 base	nmod
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 recommended	aux:pass
20	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	recommend	present · passive		the provision of a aperture at the base of a garden fence	for the principal reason	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for which=Attribute
3	provide		a aperture at the base of a garden fence			nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=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

To facilitate the entry of domestic cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 facilitate	mark
2	facilitate	facilitate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 entry	det
4	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 facilitate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cats	case
6	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cats	amod
7	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 entry	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	facilitate	to-infinitive		the entry of domestic cats					tree rules
2	enter			domestic cats					nom entry «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

To deter foxes from the property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deter	mark
2	deter	deter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 deter	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 property	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 property	det
6	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deter	to-infinitive			foxes	the property			vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer fox=Beneficiary from property=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To permit the passage of hedgehogs between adjoining gardens in search of food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 permit	mark
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 hedgehogs	case
6	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 passage	nmod
7	between	between	ADP	_	9 gardens	case
8	adjoining	adjoin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 gardens	amod
9	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hedgehogs	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 search	case
11	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 food	case
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 search	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive		the passage of hedgehogs between adjoining gardens	search of food	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent passage=Theme in search=Location
2	adjoin	gerund				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	pass		hedgehogs between adjoining gardens			nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent
4	search			food		nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

To permit the drainage of rainwater from the lawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 permit	mark
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 drainage	det
4	drainage	drainage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 rainwater	case
6	rainwater	rainwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drainage	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 lawn	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lawn	det
9	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive		the drainage of rainwater		the lawn			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drainage=Theme
2	drain		rainwater						nom drainage «act intransitive»: of=agent

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