Exam question 3 · Conservation: how people help animals come back

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a zoo studbook?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: zoo studbook · What happens: follow, characteris, purpose · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 3 of lesson 78 «Conservation: how people help animals come back» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purpose	det
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 studbook	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 studbook	det
13	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 studbook	compound
14	studbook	studbook	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the purpose of a zoo studbook	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	purpose		a zoo studbook			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

It records the opening hours of each enclosure

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	2 records	nsubj
2	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hours	det
4	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hours	compound
5	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 records	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 enclosure	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 enclosure	det
8	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	It				hour		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It sets out regulations for the conduct of visitors

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	2 sets	nsubj
2	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 sets	compound:prt
4	regulations	regulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sets	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 conduct	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conduct	det
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sets	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 visitors	case
9	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set out	present	It	regulations				for the conduct of visitors	tree rules
2	conduct			visitors					nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It records lineage so that rare animals are not paired with close relatives

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	2 records	nsubj
2	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lineage	lineage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 records	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 paired	mark
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 so	fixed
6	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animals	amod
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 paired	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 paired	aux:pass
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 paired	advmod
10	paired	pair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 records	advcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 relatives	case
12	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 relatives	amod
13	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 paired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	It	lineage					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lineage=Theme
2	not pair	present · passive		rare animals				with close relatives	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with relative=Co-Patient

Option 4

It records the dietary preferences of each animal

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	2 records	nsubj
2	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 preferences	det
4	dietary	dietary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 preferences	amod
5	preferences	preference	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 records	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 animal	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 preferences	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	It	the dietary preferences of each animal					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preference=Theme
2	prefer			each animal					nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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