Exam question 3 · How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, dr…

Select the response consistent with the established practice of most crews engaged in the filming of wild animals.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, most crews · What happens: select, establish, engage, film · To what, where: response, established practice, filming, wild animals

This is exam question 3 of lesson 394 «How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, drones and years of waiting» 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	_	8 practice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 practice	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 practice	amod
8	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 crews	case
10	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 crews	amod
11	crews	crew	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 engaged	nsubj
12	engaged	engage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 practice	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 filming	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 filming	det
15	filming	filming	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 engaged	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 animals	case
17	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 animals	amod
18	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 filming	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	engage	past	most crews	the established practice not said here	in the filming of wild animals goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent practice=Theme in filming=Goal
4	film			wild animals		nom filming «act 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

Animals are relocated to more suitable habitats prior to filming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 relocated	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 relocated	aux:pass
3	relocated	relocate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 habitats	case
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 suitable	advmod
6	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 habitats	amod
7	habitats	habitat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 relocated	obl
8	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 filming	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 prior	fixed
10	filming	filming	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 habitats	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relocate	present · passive		Animals				to suitable habitats prior filming	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Animals are regularly fed in order to retain them before the camera

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fed	aux:pass
3	regularly	regularly	ADV	_	4 fed	advmod
4	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 retain	mark
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 in	fixed
7	to	to	PART	_	8 retain	mark
8	retain	retain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fed	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 retain	obj
10	before	before	ADP	_	12 camera	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 camera	det
12	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 retain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present · passive		Animals				regularly property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
2	retain	to-infinitive		Animals = animal			before the camera		tree rules

Option 3

Every animal found in difficulty is invariably rescued by the crew, irrespective of the circumstances or of the risk

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rescued	nsubj:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 animal	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 difficulty	case
5	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rescued	aux:pass
7	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	8 rescued	advmod
8	rescued	rescue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 crew	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crew	det
11	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rescued	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 circumstances	punct
13	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	16 circumstances	advmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 circumstances	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 circumstances	det
16	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rescued	obl
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 risk	cc
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 risk	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 risk	det
20	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 circumstances	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	participle		every animal not said here		difficulty			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	rescue	present · passive	the crew	every animal				of the circumstances or the risk; invariably property	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme of circumstance=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Intervention in natural events is ordinarily avoided, although exceptional interventions remain the subject of debate

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 avoided	nsubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 events	case
3	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 events	amod
4	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Intervention	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 avoided	aux:pass
6	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	7 avoided	advmod
7	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 remain	punct
9	although	although	SCONJ	_	12 remain	mark
10	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 interventions	amod
11	interventions	intervention	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 remain	nsubj
12	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 avoided	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 subject	det
14	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 remain	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 debate	case
16	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 subject	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	present · passive		Intervention in natural events				ordinarily property	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location
2	remain	present	exceptional interventions	the subject of debate					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Attribute

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