Exam question 3 · Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lo…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the international trade in wild-caught African grey parrots.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 303 «Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lorikeets and the cheeky kea» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trade	det
11	international	international	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 trade	amod
12	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	19 parrots	case
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 caught	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 wild	punct
16	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 parrots	amod
17	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 parrots	amod
18	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 parrots	amod
19	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 trade	nmod
20	.	.	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	the international trade	in caught African grey parrots	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus trade=Experiencer
4	catch	participle				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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

Such trade has never been subject to any regulation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trade	amod
2	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subject	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 subject	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 subject	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 subject	cop
6	subject	subject	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 regulation	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 regulation	det
9	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subject	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present · perfect	Such trade					to any regulation; subject property	tree rules

Option 2

Such trade is restricted solely to the continent of Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trade	amod
2	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 restricted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 restricted	aux:pass
4	restricted	restrict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 restricted	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 continent	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 continent	det
8	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 restricted	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Africa	case
10	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 continent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict	present · passive		Such trade				to the continent of Africa goal; solely property	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to continent=Goal

Option 3

Such trade has been actively encouraged since the year two thousand and sixteen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trade	amod
2	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 encouraged	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 encouraged	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 encouraged	aux:pass
5	actively	actively	ADV	_	6 encouraged	advmod
6	encouraged	encourage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	since	since	ADP	_	9 year	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 encouraged	obl
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 thousand	compound
11	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 encouraged	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sixteen	cc
13	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 thousand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encourage	present · perfect · passive		Such trade			year	two thousand obl; actively property	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

Such trade has been prohibited worldwide since the year two thousand and sixteen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trade	amod
2	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prohibited	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 prohibited	aux:pass
5	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	worldwide	worldwide	ADV	_	5 prohibited	advmod
7	since	since	ADP	_	9 year	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prohibited	obl
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 thousand	compound
11	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 prohibited	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sixteen	cc
13	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 thousand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · perfect · passive		Such trade			year	two thousand obl; worldwide property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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