Exam question 2 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vaccination of a puppy.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, vaccinate · To what, where: response, vaccination, puppy

This is exam question 2 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	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	11 vaccination	det
11	vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 puppy	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 puppy	det
14	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vaccination	nmod
15	.	.	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 vaccination of a puppy		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vaccination=Experiencer
4	vaccinate			a puppy		nom vaccination «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 · ← Mova's choice

Vaccination is required only after the age of five years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 required	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 age	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 age	det
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 years	case
9	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Vaccination			after the age of five years		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 2

Vaccination is administered solely to prevent fleas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 administered	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 administered	aux:pass
3	administered	administer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 administered	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 prevent	mark
6	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 administered	advcl
7	fleas	flea	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 prevent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	present · passive		Vaccination				solely property	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	prevent	to-infinitive		fleas					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer flea=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Walking in places frequented by other dogs ought to be deferred until vaccination is complete

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 deferred	csubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 places	case
3	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Walking	obl
4	frequented	frequent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 places	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 dogs	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dogs	amod
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 frequented	obl:agent
8	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 deferred	aux
9	to	to	PART	_	11 deferred	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 deferred	aux:pass
11	deferred	defer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 complete	amod
12	until	until	ADP	_	13 vaccination	case
13	vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deferred	obl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 complete	cop
15	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund			places			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Trajectory
2	frequent	participle		places not said here				tree rules
3	defer	ought · passive	Walking			until vaccination		vn acquiesce-95.1 «NP V»
4	is	present					complete property	tree rules

Option 4

Vaccination is unnecessary for any animal kept wholly indoors throughout its life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vaccination	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unnecessary	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unnecessary	cop
3	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 animal	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unnecessary	obl
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 animal	acl
8	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	9 indoors	advmod
9	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	7 kept	advmod
10	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	12 life	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 life	nmod:poss
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Vaccination					for any animal; unnecessary property	tree rules
2	keep	participle		any animal not said here		Vaccination's life		indoors property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent throughout life=Location

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