Exam question 3 · Big wild animals in cities: wild boar, deer, coyotes, monk…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the measures adopted in Mumbai in respect of leopards.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, adopt, respect · To what, where: response, measures, Mumbai, leopards

This is exam question 3 of lesson 368 «Big wild animals in cities: wild boar, deer, coyotes, monkeys and leopards» 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 measures	det
11	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 measures	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Mumbai	case
14	Mumbai	Mumbai	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 adopted	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 respect	case
16	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 adopted	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 leopards	case
18	leopards	leopard	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 respect	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 measures			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus measure=Experiencer
4	adopt	participle		the measures not said here	Mumbai	in respect of leopards	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	respect			leopards			nom respect «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer

Clean disposal of refuse, lighting and keeping children indoors at night reduced attacks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disposal	amod
2	disposal	disposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 refuse	case
4	refuse	refuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disposal	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lighting	punct
6	lighting	lighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disposal	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keeping	cc
8	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 disposal	conj
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keeping	obj
10	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	8 keeping	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 night	case
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeping	obl
13	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 attacks	amod
14	attacks	attack	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 night	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		children			night	indoors property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	reduce	participle							vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

Option 2

The leopards were confined upon leads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 leopards	det
2	leopards	leopard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confined	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 confined	aux:pass
4	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 leads	case
6	leads	lead	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	past · passive		the leopards				upon leads	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The leopards were fed at public expense in the centre of the city every day

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 leopards	det
2	leopards	leopard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fed	aux:pass
4	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 expense	case
6	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 expense	amod
7	expense	expense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fed	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 centre	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 centre	det
10	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fed	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 city	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 city	det
13	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 centre	nmod
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	past · passive		the leopards		public expense	day	in the centre of the city	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in centre=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The leopards were all removed to another continent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 leopards	det
2	leopards	leopard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 removed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux:pass
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 removed	advmod
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 continent	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 continent	det
8	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past · passive		the leopards		another continent		all property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to continent=Destination

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