Exam question 1 · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye

Identify the principal reason for which the domestic cat conceals pain.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, domestic cat · What happens: identify, conceal · To what, where: principal reason, pain

This is exam question 1 of lesson 328 «Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 conceals	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cat	det
8	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cat	amod
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conceals	nsubj
10	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
11	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conceals	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	conceal	present	the domestic cat	pain				for the principal reason	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=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

The concealment is learnt from dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 concealment	det
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learnt	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 learnt	aux:pass
4	learnt	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 dogs	case
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 learnt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present · passive		the concealment				from dogs	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Topic from dog=Source

Option 2

The cat wishes to avoid veterinary attendance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wishes	nsubj
3	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 avoid	mark
5	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wishes	xcomp
6	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attendance	compound
7	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	present	the cat						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	avoid not said to happen	to-infinitive	the cat not said here	veterinary attendance					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent attendance=Location

Option 3

The cat is incapable of experiencing pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 incapable	cop
4	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 experiencing	mark
6	experiencing	experience	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 incapable	advcl
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 experiencing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the cat					incapable property	tree rules
2	experience	gerund	the cat not said here	pain					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pain=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

In the wild an animal displaying pain may be subject to attack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 wild	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wild	det
3	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 subject	obl
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 subject	nsubj
6	displaying	display	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 animal	acl
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 displaying	obj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 subject	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 subject	cop
10	subject	subject	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 attack	mark
12	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 subject	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	display	gerund	a animal not said here	pain			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme
2	is	may	a animal		the wild	subject property	tree rules
3	attack	to-infinitive	a animal not said here				vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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