Exam question 4 · A puppy at home: the first weeks
Ascertain the consequence of reprimanding a puppy for urinating within the house.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, consequence · What happens: ascertain, reprimand, urinate · To what, where: consequence, puppy
This is exam question 4 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 consequence | det |
| 3 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 reprimanding | mark |
| 5 | reprimanding | reprimand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 consequence | acl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 puppy | det |
| 7 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reprimanding | obj |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 urinating | mark |
| 9 | urinating | urinate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 reprimanding | advcl |
| 10 | within | within | ADP | _ | 12 house | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 house | det |
| 12 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 urinating | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the consequence | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic | ||||
| 2 | reprimand | gerund | the consequence not said here | a puppy | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | urinate | gerund | the consequence not said here | within the house | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice
The puppy learns to use the lavatory
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 puppy | det |
| 2 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 learns | nsubj |
| 3 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 use | mark |
| 5 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 learns | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lavatory | det |
| 7 | lavatory | lavatory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | the puppy | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | use | to-infinitive | the puppy not said here | the lavatory | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lavatory=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The puppy learns to conceal its urination rather than to cease
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 puppy | det |
| 2 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 learns | nsubj |
| 3 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 conceal | mark |
| 5 | conceal | conceal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 learns | xcomp |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 urination | nmod:poss |
| 7 | urination | urination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 conceal | obj |
| 8 | rather | rather | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 11 cease | cc |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 rather | fixed |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 cease | mark |
| 11 | cease | cease | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 conceal | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | the puppy | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | conceal | to-infinitive | the puppy not said here | puppy's urination | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent urination=Patient | ||||
| 3 | cease | to-infinitive | the puppy not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | urinate | puppy | nom urination «process intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
The puppy ceases to urinate permanently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 puppy | det |
| 2 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ceases | nsubj |
| 3 | ceases | cease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 urinate | mark |
| 5 | urinate | urinate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ceases | xcomp |
| 6 | permanently | permanently | ADV | _ | 5 urinate | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cease | present | the puppy | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | urinate | to-infinitive | the puppy not said here | permanently property | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The puppy learns promptly to urinate out of doors and never again within the house
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 puppy | det |
| 2 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 learns | nsubj |
| 3 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | promptly | promptly | ADV | _ | 3 learns | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 urinate | mark |
| 6 | urinate | urinate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 learns | xcomp |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 doors | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 doors | case |
| 9 | doors | door | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 urinate | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 again | cc |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 again | advmod |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 doors | conj |
| 13 | within | within | ADP | _ | 15 house | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 house | det |
| 15 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 urinate | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | the puppy | promptly property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | urinate | to-infinitive | the puppy not said here | doors | within the house | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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