Exam question 3 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the keeping of guinea pigs in Switzerland?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, keep · To what, where: Switzerland
This is exam question 3 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 characterises | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 statements | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 statements | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 statements | amod |
| 5 | statements | statement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obl |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 accurately | advmod |
| 7 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 8 characterises | advmod |
| 8 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 keeping | det |
| 10 | keeping | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 characterises | ccomp |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 pigs | case |
| 12 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 pigs | compound |
| 13 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 keeping | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 Switzerland | case |
| 15 | Switzerland | Switzerland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 keeping | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | keep | gerund | Switzerland | of guinea pigs | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in switzerland=Location |
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 law requires that a guinea pig be walked daily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 law | det |
| 2 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 requires | nsubj |
| 3 | requires | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 walked | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pig | det |
| 6 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pig | compound |
| 7 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 walked | nsubj |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 walked | aux:pass |
| 9 | walked | walk | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 requires | ccomp |
| 10 | daily | daily | ADV | _ | 9 walked | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | the law | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | |||||
| 2 | walk | infinitive · passive | a guinea pig | daily property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent |
Option 2
The law prohibits the keeping of guinea pigs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 law | det |
| 2 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prohibits | nsubj |
| 3 | prohibits | prohibit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 keeping | det |
| 5 | keeping | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 prohibits | ccomp |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 pigs | case |
| 7 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pigs | compound |
| 8 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 keeping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prohibit | present | the law | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | keep | gerund | the law not said here | of guinea pigs | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The law requires that a guinea pig be kept alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 law | det |
| 2 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 requires | nsubj |
| 3 | requires | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 kept | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pig | det |
| 6 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pig | compound |
| 7 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 kept | aux:pass |
| 9 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 requires | ccomp |
| 10 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kept | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | the law | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | |||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive · passive | a guinea pig | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The law requires that a guinea pig be kept with a companion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 law | det |
| 2 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 requires | nsubj |
| 3 | requires | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 kept | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pig | det |
| 6 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pig | compound |
| 7 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 kept | aux:pass |
| 9 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 requires | ccomp |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 companion | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 companion | det |
| 12 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | the law | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | |||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive · passive | a guinea pig | with a companion | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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