Exam question 3 · Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onio…

Ascertain the principal hazard to a domestic cat arising from the presence of lilies within the dwelling.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, domestic cat · What happens: ascertain, arise · To what, where: principal hazard, presence

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hazard	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hazard	amod
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 cat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cat	det
7	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cat	amod
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
9	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 cat	acl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 presence	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 presence	det
12	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 arising	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 lilies	case
14	lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 presence	nmod
15	within	within	ADP	_	17 dwelling	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 dwelling	det
17	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal hazard				to a domestic cat; within the dwelling	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hazard=Topic
2	arise	gerund	a domestic cat not said here			the presence of lilies			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 permanent discolouration of the cat's coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 discolouration	det
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 discolouration	amod
3	discolouration	discolouration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 coat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coat	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 cat	case
8	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discolouration	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The obstruction of the cat's airways by the fragrance of the flowers, which may prove fatal within hours

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 obstruction	det
2	obstruction	obstruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 airways	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 airways	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 cat	case
7	airways	airway	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 obstruction	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 fragrance	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fragrance	det
10	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obstruction	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 flowers	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 flowers	det
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fragrance	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 prove	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 prove	nsubj
16	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 prove	aux
17	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 flowers	acl:relcl
18	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 prove	xcomp
19	within	within	ADP	_	20 hours	case
20	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 prove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	may	the flowers				hour	fatal property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The entanglement of the cat's limbs in the stems

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 entanglement	det
2	entanglement	entanglement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 limbs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 limbs	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 cat	case
7	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 entanglement	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 stems	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stems	det
10	stems	stem	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 limbs	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The ingestion of pollen or vase water, which may cause grave injury to the kidneys

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ingestion	det
2	ingestion	ingestion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cause	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pollen	case
4	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ingestion	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 water	cc
6	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	compound
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pollen	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cause	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 cause	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 cause	aux
11	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 injury	amod
13	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cause	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 kidneys	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 kidneys	det
16	kidneys	kidney	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 cause	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	may	the ingestion of pollen or vase water	grave injury				to the kidneys	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient
2	ingest			pollen or vase water					nom ingestion «act transitive»: of=patient

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