Exam question 2 · The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of enrichment in zoological collections?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, practice · To what, where: practice, zoological collections, enrichment

This is exam question 2 of lesson 82 «The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment» 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 practice	det
10	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 enrichment	case
12	enrichment	enrichment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 practice	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 collections	case
14	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 collections	amod
15	collections	collection	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the practice of enrichment	zoological collections	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	practice		enrichment			nom practice «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

The instruction of animals in tricks for public display

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 animals	case
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 instruction	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 tricks	case
6	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 animals	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 display	case
8	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 display	amod
9	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tricks	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instruct			animals in tricks for public display					nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The reduction of enclosure size in the interest of safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reduction	det
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 size	case
4	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 size	compound
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 interest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 interest	det
8	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 safety	case
10	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 interest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce			enclosure size		the interest of safety			nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient in=place
2	interest			safety					nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The provision of objects to search, smell and solve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 search	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 objects	case
4	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 provision	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 search	mark
6	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 smell	punct
8	smell	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 search	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 solve	cc
10	solve	solve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 search	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	search	to-infinitive	the provision of objects	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	smell	infinitive	the provision of objects not said here	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	solve	infinitive	the provision of objects not said here	vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	provide		objects	nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The provision of supplementary food on public holidays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 food	case
4	supplementary	supplementary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 food	amod
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 holidays	case
7	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 holidays	amod
8	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 provision	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide		supplementary food			public holidays			nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent on=place

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