Exam question 2 · Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onio…

Identify the course of action prescribed in the event that a dog is known to have ingested raisins.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, event · What happens: identify, prescribe, know, have, ingest · To what, where: course, action, event, dog, ingested raisins

This is exam question 2 of lesson 331 «Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onions and lilies» 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	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 action	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 event	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 event	det
9	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prescribed	obl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 known	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dog	det
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 known	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 known	aux:pass
14	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 event	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 have	mark
16	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 known	xcomp
17	ingested	ingest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 raisins	amod
18	raisins	raisin	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 have	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	prescribe	participle		action not said here	the event	tree rules
3	know	present · passive	the event not said here	a dog		tree rules
4	have	to-infinitive	the event not said here	ingested raisins		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raisin=Patient
5	ingest	participle				vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal

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 administration of an emetic by the owner without professional advice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 administration	det
2	administration	administration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 emetic	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 emetic	det
5	emetic	emetic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administration	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 owner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 owner	det
8	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 emetic	nmod
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 advice	case
10	professional	professional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 advice	amod
11	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer			a emetic by the owner				without professional advice	nom administration «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl

Option 2

Postponement of any action until symptoms of illness become manifest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Postponement	postponement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 action	case
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 action	det
4	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Postponement	nmod
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 become	mark
6	symptoms	symptom	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 become	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 illness	case
8	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 symptoms	nmod
9	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	manifest	manifest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	Postponement of any action	manifest					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The provision of additional dried fruit to dilute the effect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 fruit	case
4	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fruit	amod
5	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fruit	amod
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 dilute	mark
8	dilute	dilute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 provision	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 effect	det
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dilute	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	dry	participle			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	dilute	to-infinitive		the effect	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent effect=Patient
3	provide		additional dried fruit		nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Immediate consultation with a veterinary surgeon, irrespective of the animal's apparent condition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 consultation	amod
2	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 surgeon	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 surgeon	det
5	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surgeon	compound
6	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consultation	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 condition	punct
8	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	14 condition	advmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 condition	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 animal	det
11	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 condition	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 animal	case
13	apparent	apparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 condition	amod
14	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consultation	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	condition		the animal						nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/e2/