Exam question 1 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first

Identify the principal consideration that ought to precede the acquisition of a domestic animal.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal consideration · What happens: identify, precede, acquire · To what, where: principal consideration, acquisition, domestic animal

This is exam question 1 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» 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 consideration	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consideration	amod
4	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 precede	nsubj
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 precede	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	8 precede	mark
8	precede	precede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 consideration	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 acquisition	det
10	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 precede	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 animal	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 animal	det
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 animal	amod
14	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 acquisition	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal consideration	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consideration=Theme
2	precede	ought	the principal consideration	the acquisition of a domestic animal	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme acquisition=Co-Theme
3	acquire			a domestic animal	nom acquisition «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

The popularity of the chosen breed upon the various social media

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 popularity	det
2	popularity	popularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 breed	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 breed	det
5	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 breed	amod
6	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 popularity	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 media	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 media	det
9	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 media	amod
10	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 media	amod
11	media	media	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 popularity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	participle							vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The selection of an appropriate name, collar and bed before its arrival

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 selection	det
2	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 name	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 name	det
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 name	amod
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 selection	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 collar	punct
8	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bed	cc
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	conj
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 arrival	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 arrival	nmod:poss
13	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 selection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select			a appropriate name and collar and bed			before bed's arrival		nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient before=obl
2	arrive		bed						nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The maximum speed at which the animal is able to run across open ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 speed	det
2	maximum	maximum	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 speed	amod
3	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 able	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 animal	case
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 animal	det
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 speed	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 able	cop
9	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 run	mark
11	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 able	xcomp
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 ground	case
13	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ground	amod
14	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the maximum speed at which animal					able property	tree rules
2	run	to-infinitive	the maximum speed at which animal not said here			open ground			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across ground=Trajectory

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

Responsibility for its feeding, care and expense over many years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 feeding	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feeding	nmod:poss
4	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Responsibility	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 care	punct
6	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Responsibility	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 expense	cc
8	expense	expense	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Responsibility	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 years	case
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 years	amod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Responsibility	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed		its = it						nom feeding «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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