Exam question 4 · The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, th…

Ascertain the drink which it is appropriate to provide for a wild hedgehog.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, drink · What happens: ascertain, be, provide · To what, where: drink

This is exam question 4 of lesson 401 «The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, the March hare, flamingos and hedgehogs» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 drink	det
3	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 appropriate	nsubj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 appropriate	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 appropriate	cop
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 drink	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 provide	mark
9	provide	provide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 appropriate	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 hedgehog	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hedgehog	det
12	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hedgehog	amod
13	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 provide	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the drink		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Topic
2	is	present	the drink		appropriate property	tree rules
3	provide	to-infinitive	the drink not said here		for a wild hedgehog	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for hedgehog=Recipient

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 · ← Mova's choice

Milk, since it constitutes its natural nourishment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 constitutes	punct
3	since	since	SCONJ	_	5 constitutes	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 constitutes	nsubj
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nourishment	nmod:poss
7	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nourishment	amod
8	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	Milk	Milk's natural nourishment					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nourishment=Pivot

Option 2

Fruit juice, to supply vitamins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 juice	compound
2	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 supply	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 supply	mark
5	supply	supply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 juice	acl:relcl
6	vitamins	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 supply	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	to-infinitive		vitamins					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vitamin=Recipient

Option 3

Sweetened tea, to restore its energy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweetened	sweeten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tea	amod
2	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 restore	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 restore	mark
5	restore	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tea	acl:relcl
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 energy	nmod:poss
7	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 restore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweeten	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	restore	to-infinitive		tea's energy					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent energy=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Water, since cow's milk disagrees with its digestion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disagrees	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 milk	punct
3	since	since	ADP	_	6 milk	case
4	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 milk	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 cow	case
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Water	conj
7	disagrees	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 digestion	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 digestion	nmod:poss
10	digestion	digestion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disagrees	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disagree	present	Water and cow's milk					with milk's digestion	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with digestion=Co-Agent
2	digest		milk						nom digestion «process transitive»: poss=agent

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