Exam question 3 · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the decision to put an incurably ill and suffering animal to sleep?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, put, suffer, sleep · To what, where: decision, ill suffering animal

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 decision	det
10	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 put	mark
12	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 decision	acl
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 animal	det
14	incurably	incurably	ADV	_	15 ill	advmod
15	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 animal	amod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 suffering	cc
17	suffering	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 animal	amod
18	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 put	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 sleep	mark
20	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 put	advcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the decision		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	put	to-infinitive	the decision not said here	a ill suffering animal		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent animal=Goal
4	suffer	gerund				vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	sleep	to-infinitive				vn snooze-40.4-1 «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 right answer

It is a decision taken jointly by the family and the veterinarian to spare the animal pain

The tree, 17 words

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	4 decision	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 decision	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 decision	det
4	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 decision	acl
6	jointly	jointly	ADV	_	5 taken	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 family	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 veterinarian	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 veterinarian	det
12	veterinarian	veterinarian	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decision	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 spare	mark
14	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 decision	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pain	det
16	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pain	compound
17	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 spare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a decision and the veterinarian		tree rules
2	take	participle		a decision and the veterinarian not said here	by the family; jointly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	spare	to-infinitive		the animal pain		vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent pain=Asset

Option 2

It is a procedure from which the animal subsequently awakens

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	4 procedure	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 procedure	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 procedure	det
4	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 awakens	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 awakens	nsubj
9	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	10 awakens	advmod
10	awakens	awaken	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 procedure	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a procedure					tree rules
2	awaken	present	the animal			a procedure		subsequently property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is undertaken without regard to the animal's suffering

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 undertaken	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 undertaken	aux:pass
3	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 regard	case
5	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 undertaken	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 suffering	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 suffering	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 animal	case
10	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 undertaken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	present · passive		It				without regard; to the animal's suffering	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	suffer		the animal						nom suffering «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is a punishment inflicted upon an animal for disobedience

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	4 punishment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punishment	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 punishment	det
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 punishment	acl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 animal	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inflicted	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 disobedience	case
10	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inflicted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a punishment					tree rules
2	inflict	participle		a punishment not said here				upon a animal; for disobedience	tree rules

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