Exam question 1 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

Identify the reason for which a newly acquired puppy commonly cries during the first night.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, acquired puppy · What happens: identify, acquire, cry · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 1 of lesson 326 «A puppy at home: the first weeks» 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	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 cries	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 puppy	det
7	newly	newly	ADV	_	8 acquired	advmod
8	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 puppy	amod
9	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cries	nsubj
10	commonly	commonly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 puppy	amod
11	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	parataxis
12	during	during	ADP	_	15 night	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 night	det
14	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 night	amod
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cries	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	acquire	participle				newly property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	cry speech: express	present	a acquired puppy		night	for the reason	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for which=Recipient

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

It is unable to see in darkness

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	3 unable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	cop
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 darkness	case
7	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					unable property	tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive				darkness			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It requires exercise at that hour

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	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 hour	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 hour	det
6	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	exercise			hour		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme exercise=Precondition

Option 3

It is displeased with the household

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	3 displeased	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 displeased	aux:pass
3	displeased	displease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 household	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 household	det
6	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 displeased	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	displease	present · passive	the household	It					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is separated from its mother and littermates

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	3 separated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 separated	aux:pass
3	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 mother	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 separated	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 littermates	cc
8	littermates	littermate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mother	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	separate	present · passive		It				from its mother and littermates	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from mother=Co-Patient

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