Exam question 3 · The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn, queen bumblebees an…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the nests of wild birds in Britain.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, nests

This is exam question 3 of lesson 333 «The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn, queen bumblebees and nesting birds» 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 nests	det
11	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 birds	case
13	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 birds	amod
14	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 nests	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 Britain	case
16	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 birds	nmod
17	.	.	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 nests of wild birds in Britain		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nest=Experiencer

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

Nests may lawfully be relocated to any adjacent shrub

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 relocated	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 relocated	aux
3	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	5 relocated	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 relocated	aux:pass
5	relocated	relocate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 shrub	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 shrub	det
8	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shrub	amod
9	shrub	shrub	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 relocated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relocate	may · passive		Nests				to any adjacent shrub; lawfully property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The disturbance of a nest while it is in use is prohibited by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 disturbance	det
2	disturbance	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 nest	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nest	det
5	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disturbance	nmod
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 use	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 use	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 use	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 use	case
10	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nest	acl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 prohibited	aux:pass
12	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 law	case
14	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is	present	disturbance	a nest not said here	use	tree rules
2	prohibit	present · passive	law	the disturbance of a nest		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
3	disturb			a nest		nom disturbance «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The removal of a nest is permitted provided it is undertaken swiftly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 permitted	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 nest	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nest	det
5	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 permitted	aux:pass
7	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 permitted	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 undertaken	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 undertaken	aux:pass
11	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 permitted	parataxis
12	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	11 undertaken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive	the removal of a nest		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	provide not said to happen	participle			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	undertake	present · passive	removal	swiftly property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	remove		a nest		nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The law applies exclusively to the nests of birds of prey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	nsubj
3	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 applies	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 nests	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nests	det
7	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 applies	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 birds	case
9	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 nests	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 prey	case
11	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 birds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	the law					to the nests of birds of prey; exclusively property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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