Exam question 2 · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the ageing of the domestic dog.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, ageing

This is exam question 2 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	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 ageing	det
11	ageing	ageing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 dog	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dog	det
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dog	amod
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ageing	nmod
16	.	.	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 ageing of the domestic dog		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ageing=Experiencer

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 right answer

The first year corresponds to approximately fifteen human years, whereafter ageing proceeds more slowly

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 year	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 year	amod
3	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 corresponds	nsubj
4	corresponds	correspond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 fifteen	mark
6	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	7 fifteen	advmod
7	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 years	amod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 corresponds	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 proceeds	punct
11	whereafter	whereafter	ADV	_	13 proceeds	advmod
12	ageing	ageing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 proceeds	nsubj
13	proceeds	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 corresponds	conj
14	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 slowly	advmod
15	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	13 proceeds	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correspond	present	the first year				year		vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	proceed	present	ageing					slowly, whereafter property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Each year of the dog's life corresponds to exactly seven human years, irrespective of the breed or size of the animal

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 year	det
2	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 corresponds	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 life	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 life	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 dog	case
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 year	nmod
8	corresponds	correspond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 years	case
10	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	11 seven	advmod
11	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 years	nummod
12	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 years	amod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 corresponds	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 breed	punct
15	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	18 breed	advmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 breed	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 breed	det
18	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 corresponds	conj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 size	cc
20	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 breed	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 animal	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 animal	det
23	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 breed	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correspond	present	each year of the dog's life				year		vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The dog ages more slowly than the human being in every year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ages	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ages	compound
3	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 slowly	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 ages	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	12 year	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 year	det
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 year	amod
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 year	cop
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 year	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slowly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund					than the human year		tree rules

Option 4

Larger breeds invariably live longer than smaller ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 breeds	amod
2	breeds	breed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 live	advmod
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 live	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 ones	case
7	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 ones	amod
8	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 longer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Larger breeds					invariably, long property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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