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Exam question 4 · Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures

It is given that a tick has attached itself to a domestic dog. Select the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, attach, select · To what, where: It, tick, appropriate course

This is exam question 4 of lesson 38 «Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a tick has attached itself to a domestic dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 attached	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tick	det
6	tick	tick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attached	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 attached	aux
8	attached	attach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 attached	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 dog	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dog	det
12	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dog	amod
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attached	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	attach	present · perfect · passive		a tick				to a domestic dog	tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: Select the appropriate course of action.

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	4 course	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	.	.	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 appropriate course of action					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme

The options

Option 1

Leaving it in place indefinitely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leaving	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 place	case
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leaving	obl
5	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	1 Leaving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		it		place		indefinitely property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in place=Location

Option 2

Removal by crushing it hard between the fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 crushing	mark
3	crushing	crush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Removal	acl
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 crushing	obj
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 crushing	advmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 fingers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fingers	det
8	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 crushing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crush	gerund	Removal not said here	Removal				between the fingers; hard property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Burning with a lit match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 match	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 match	det
4	lit	lit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 match	amod
5	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Burning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund						with a lit match	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with match=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Removal by an adult using a tick tool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 adult	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Removal	nmod
5	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Removal	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tool	det
7	tick	tick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tool	compound
8	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund	Removal by a adult not said here	a tick tool					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient
2	remove		a adult						nom removal «act transitive»: by=agent

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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