Exam question 3 · Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the retention of a cat indoors following a change of residence.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, residence · What happens: select, establish, concern, follow, retain, change · To what, where: response, retention, change, cat

This is exam question 3 of lesson 332 «Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house» 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 retention	det
11	retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 cat	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cat	det
14	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 retention	nmod
15	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	14 cat	advmod
16	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 concerning	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 change	det
18	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 following	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 residence	case
20	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 change	nmod
21	.	.	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 retention of a cat		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus retention=Experiencer
4	follow	gerund	the established facts not said here	a change of residence		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Theme
5	retain			a cat		nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient
6	change		residence			nom change «event intransitive»: of=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

Immediate release on the first night is recommended

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 release	amod
2	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recommended	nsubj:pass
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 night	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 night	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 night	amod
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 release	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 recommended	aux:pass
8	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recommend	present · passive		Immediate release on the first night					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Confinement for a period of approximately two weeks assists the animal in learning its new home

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 assists	nsubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 period	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 period	det
4	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Confinement	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 weeks	case
6	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	7 two	advmod
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 weeks	nummod
8	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 period	nmod
9	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 animal	det
11	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 assists	obj
12	in	in	SCONJ	_	13 learning	mark
13	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 assists	advcl
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 home	nmod:poss
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 home	amod
16	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 learning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	present	Confinement for a period of two weeks		the animal				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Beneficiary
2	learn	gerund	Confinement for a period of two weeks not said here	Confinement's new home					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic

Option 3

The application of butter to the paws renders confinement unnecessary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 application	det
2	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 renders	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 butter	case
4	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 application	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 paws	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 paws	det
7	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 application	nmod
8	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 renders	obj
10	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	the application of butter to the paws	confinement				unnecessary property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confinement=Theme
2	apply		butter					to the paws	nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent to=obl

Option 4

Cats are incapable of learning a new home under any conditions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incapable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 learning	mark
5	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 incapable	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 home	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 home	amod
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 learning	obj
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 conditions	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 conditions	det
11	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 learning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cats					incapable property	tree rules
2	learn	gerund	Cats not said here	a new home		any conditions			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic

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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