Exam question 3 · The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat,…

Ascertain the action appropriate upon finding a small hedgehog abroad in daylight during January.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, find · To what, where: action, small hedgehog, daylight

This is exam question 3 of lesson 405 «The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, field-mice and hedgehogs in winter» 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 action	det
3	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	xcomp
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	6 finding	mark
6	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Ascertain	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hedgehog	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hedgehog	amod
9	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finding	obj
10	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	9 hedgehog	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 daylight	case
12	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hedgehog	nmod
13	during	during	ADP	_	14 January	case
14	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 finding	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the action				appropriate property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Topic
2	find	gerund	you not said here	a small hedgehog		daylight	january		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

Inform an adult, so that a wildlife rescue may be consulted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Inform	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 consulted	punct
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 consulted	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rescue	det
8	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rescue	compound
9	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 consulted	nsubj:pass
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 consulted	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 consulted	aux:pass
12	consulted	consult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Inform	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	imperative	you not said here		a adult				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	consult	may · passive		a wildlife rescue					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Return it to the garden and take no further action whatever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Return	return	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Return	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 garden	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 garden	det
5	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Return	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 take	cc
7	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Return	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 action	det
9	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 action	amod
10	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj
11	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	imperative	you not said here	it		the garden			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to garden=Destination
2	take	infinitive	you not said here	no further action					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument action=Theme whatever=Destination

Option 3

Provide it with a quantity of cow's milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Provide	provide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Provide	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 quantity	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 quantity	det
5	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Provide	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 milk	case
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 milk	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 cow	case
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quantity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	imperative	you not said here	it				with a quantity of cow's milk	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Recipient with quantity=Theme

Option 4

Convey it indoors to sleep in a warm bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Convey	convey	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Convey	obj
3	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	1 Convey	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sleep	mark
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Convey	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 bed	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bed	det
8	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bed	amod
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	imperative	you not said here	it				indoors property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	sleep	to-infinitive	you not said here			a warm bed			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location

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