Exam question 4 · Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and h…

Ascertain the appropriate course of action in respect of a pet which can no longer be kept.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, keep, respect · To what, where: appropriate course, respect, pet

This is exam question 4 of lesson 330 «Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and hermit crabs» 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	4 course	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 pet	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pet	det
11	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 respect	nmod
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 kept	obj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 kept	aux
14	no	no	ADV	_	15 longer	advmod
15	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 kept	advmod
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 kept	aux:pass
17	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 pet	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action	respect of a pet		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	keep	can · passive		a pet		long property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: which=Theme
3	respect			a pet			nom respect «cognition 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

It is to be released into a public park

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	5 released	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 released	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 released	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 released	aux:pass
5	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 park	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 park	det
8	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 park	amod
9	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 released	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present · passive		It		a public park			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

Option 2

It is to be abandoned at a public place

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	5 abandoned	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 abandoned	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 abandoned	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 abandoned	aux:pass
5	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 place	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 place	det
8	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 place	amod
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 abandoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	present · passive		It		a public place			vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is to be surrendered to a rescue centre or pet shop which accepts such animals

The tree, 16 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	5 surrendered	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 surrendered	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 surrendered	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 surrendered	aux:pass
5	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 centre	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 centre	det
8	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 centre	compound
9	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 surrendered	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 shop	cc
11	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shop	compound
12	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 centre	conj
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 accepts	nsubj
14	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 centre	acl:relcl
15	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 animals	amod
16	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 accepts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	present · passive		It	a rescue centre or pet shop				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to centre=Recipient
2	accept	present	a rescue centre or pet shop	such animals					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Option 4

It is to be returned to the wild in the region from which its species originally came

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	5 returned	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 returned	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 returned	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 returned	aux:pass
5	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 wild	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wild	det
8	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 returned	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 region	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 region	det
11	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 returned	obl
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 came	obl
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 species	nmod:poss
15	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 came	nsubj
16	originally	originally	ADV	_	17 came	advmod
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 region	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present · passive		It		the region		to the wild	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to wild=Destination
2	come	past	region's species			the region		originally property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial_Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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