Exam question 1 · The aviary: the walk-through tropical house

Identify the principal reason for which the walk-through aviary is furnished with a double set of doors.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, furnish · To what, where: principal reason, through aviary

This is exam question 1 of lesson 93 «The aviary: the walk-through tropical house» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 furnished	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 aviary	det
8	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 through	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 walk	punct
10	through	thorough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 aviary	amod
11	aviary	aviary	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 furnished	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 furnished	aux:pass
13	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 set	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 set	det
16	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 set	amod
17	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 furnished	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 doors	case
19	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 set	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	furnish	present · passive		the through aviary				for the principal reason; with a double set of doors	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for which=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 · ✓ the right answer

To prevent the escape of birds upon the entry of a visitor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prevent	mark
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 escape	det
4	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 birds	case
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 escape	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 entry	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 entry	det
9	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 visitor	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 visitor	det
12	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 entry	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prevent	to-infinitive		the escape of birds	upon the entry of a visitor	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer escape=Theme
2	escape		birds			nom escape «act intransitive»: of=agent
3	enter			a visitor		nom entry «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

To expedite the departure of visitors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 expedite	mark
2	expedite	expedite	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 departure	det
4	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expedite	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 visitors	case
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 departure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expedite	to-infinitive		the departure of visitors					tree rules
2	depart		visitors						nom departure «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

To admit two parties of visitors simultaneously through one entrance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 admit	mark
2	admit	admit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 parties	nummod
4	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 admit	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 visitors	case
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 parties	nmod
7	simultaneously	simultaneously	ADV	_	2 admit	advmod
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 entrance	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 entrance	nummod
10	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	to-infinitive		two parties of visitors		one entrance		simultaneously property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent party=Theme through entrance=Location

Option 4

To exclude rainfall from the enclosure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 exclude	mark
2	exclude	exclude	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rainfall	rainfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exclude	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 enclosure	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 enclosure	det
6	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exclude	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	to-infinitive		rainfall		the enclosure			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer rainfall=Beneficiary from enclosure=Eventuality

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