Exam question 2 · What a child can do for nature

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a juvenile bird discovered upon the ground.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, discover · To what, where: response, juvenile bird

This is exam question 2 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	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	12 bird	det
11	juvenile	juvenile	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bird	compound
12	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 bird	acl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 ground	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ground	det
16	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 discovered	obl
17	.	.	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	a juvenile bird		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bird=Experiencer
4	discover	participle		a juvenile bird not said here	upon the ground	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 is invariably abandoned and requires removal to a dwelling for hand-rearing

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 abandoned	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 abandoned	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 abandoned	advmod
4	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 requires	cc
6	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 abandoned	conj
7	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requires	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 dwelling	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dwelling	det
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requires	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 rearing	case
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rearing	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 hand	punct
14	rearing	rearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	present · passive		It				invariably property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source
2	require	present		removal				to a dwelling; for hand rearing	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme removal=Precondition

Option 2

It should be fed bread and milk without delay

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 fed	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 fed	aux:pass
4	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 milk	cc
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bread	conj
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 delay	case
9	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	should · passive		It				without delay	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient bread=Theme

Option 3

It must be returned forthwith to the highest available branch

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 returned	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 returned	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 returned	aux:pass
4	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 returned	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 branch	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 branch	det
8	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 branch	amod
9	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 branch	amod
10	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	must · passive		It		the highest available branch		forthwith property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to branch=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is frequently a fledgling still attended by its parents and is best left in situ

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 fledgling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fledgling	cop
3	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	5 fledgling	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fledgling	det
5	fledgling	fledgling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 attended	advmod
7	attended	attend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fledgling	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 parents	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 parents	nmod:poss
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 attended	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 attended	cc
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 best	cop
13	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 fledgling	parataxis
14	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fledgling	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 situ	case
16	situ	situ	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fledgling		frequently property	tree rules
2	attend	participle		a fledgling not said here	still	by fledgling's parents	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent by parent=Theme
3	is	present				good property	tree rules
4	leave	participle		a fledgling not said here		in situ result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in situ=Result

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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