Exam question 4 · Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house

Ascertain the conduct appropriate for a child who discovers an unaccompanied dog in a public park.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: ascertain, discover · To what, where: conduct, unaccompanied dog, public park

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conduct	amod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appropriate	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 discovers	nsubj
9	discovers	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 child	acl:relcl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dog	det
11	unaccompanied	unaccompanied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dog	amod
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovers	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 park	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 park	det
15	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 park	amod
16	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovers	obl
17	.	.	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 conduct					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	discover	present	a child	a unaccompanied dog		a public park			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

Refraining from seizing the animal and informing an adult, who may arrange for the scanning of its microchip

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refraining	refrain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	from	from	SCONJ	_	3 seizing	mark
3	seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Refraining	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seizing	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 informing	cc
7	informing	inform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Refraining	conj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 informing	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 arrange	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 arrange	nsubj
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 arrange	aux
13	arrange	arrange	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 adult	acl:relcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 scanning	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 scanning	det
16	scanning	scanning	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 arrange	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 microchip	case
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 microchip	nmod:poss
19	microchip	microchip	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 scanning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	refrain	gerund					vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	seize	gerund		the animal			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
3	inform speech: other	gerund			a adult		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
4	arrange	may	a adult			for the scanning of scanning's microchip	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for scanning=Beneficiary
5	scan			scanning's microchip			nom scanning «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Pursuing the animal until it is exhausted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pursuing	pursue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 exhausted	csubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuing	obj
4	until	until	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pursuing	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 exhausted	aux:pass
7	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pursue	gerund		the animal			until animal		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
2	exhaust	present · passive	Pursuing						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 3

Feeding the animal with confectionery in order to calm it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feeding	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 confectionery	case
5	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feeding	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feeding	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 calm	mark
9	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Feeding	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 calm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	gerund		the animal		order		with confectionery	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent animal=Value in order=Location
2	calm	to-infinitive		animal					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

Option 4

Seizing the animal by the collar and removing it to the child's own residence, there to await its owner

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seizing	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 collar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 collar	det
6	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seizing	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 removing	cc
8	removing	remove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Seizing	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 removing	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	15 residence	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 residence	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 child	case
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 residence	amod
15	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 removing	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 await	punct
17	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	19 await	expl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 await	mark
19	await	await	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Seizing	conj
20	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 owner	nmod:poss
21	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 await	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	seize	gerund	the animal		by the collar	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
2	remove	gerund	animal	the child's own residence		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to residence=Destination
3	await	to-infinitive	residence's owner	there		tree rules

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