Exam question 4 · A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking, harvest and winter f…

Select the response consistent with the guidance of the Countryside Code.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, guide · To what, where: response, Countryside Code

This is exam question 4 of lesson 349 «A year on a farm: lambing, haymaking, harvest and winter feeding» 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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 guidance	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guidance	det
7	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Code	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Code	det
10	Countryside	Countryside	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Code	compound
11	Code	Code	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 guidance	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	guide			the Countryside Code					nom guidance «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Gates should be left open in all circumstances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 left	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 left	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	should · passive		Gates		all circumstances		open property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in circumstance=Location

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

Gates should be left as they were found and dogs kept under control

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 left	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 found	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 found	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 found	aux:pass
8	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 left	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dogs	cc
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 found	obj
11	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 dogs	acl
12	under	under	ADP	_	13 control	case
13	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	leave	should · passive	Gates		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	find	past · passive	Gates = gate		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme dog=Attribute
3	keep	participle	dogs not said here	control	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent under control=Location

Option 3

Dogs may chase sheep provided they do not bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chase	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 chase	aux
3	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 provided	nsubj
5	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chase	ccomp
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bite	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 bite	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 bite	advmod
9	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	chase	may	Dogs	tree rules
2	provide	past	sheep	vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	not bite	present · do-support	sheep	vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Walkers should feed farm animals whatever they carry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walkers	walker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feed	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 feed	aux
3	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 animals	compound
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feed	obj
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 carry	obj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 carry	nsubj
8	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 feed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	should	Walkers		farm animals				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient
2	carry	present	Walkers = walker	whatever					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme

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