Exam question 4 · The petting farm: goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits and washing…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning visitors to a petting farm.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, visitors

This is exam question 4 of lesson 96 «The petting farm: goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits and washing hands» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 farm	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 farm	det
13	petting	petting	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 farm	compound
14	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	visitors	to a petting farm	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus visitor=Experiencer

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

Washing is required only if one of the animals appears to be unwell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 required	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 appears	mark
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 appears	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 animals	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animals	det
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 one	nmod
10	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	13 unwell	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 unwell	cop
13	unwell	unwell	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 appears	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Washing		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	appear a condition, not said to happen	present	one of the animals			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	to-infinitive	one of the animals not said here		unwell property	tree rules

Option 2

Food may safely be consumed amongst the animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 consumed	aux
3	safely	safely	ADV	_	5 consumed	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 consumed	aux:pass
5	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	amongst	amongst	ADP	_	8 animals	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animals	det
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	may · passive		Food				amongst the animals; safely property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 3

Hand gel alone is invariably sufficient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gel	compound
2	gel	gel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sufficient	nsubj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 gel	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sufficient	cop
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 sufficient	advmod
6	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Hand gel					invariably, sufficient property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Hands ought to be washed with soap and water upon departure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 washed	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 washed	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 washed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 washed	aux:pass
5	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 soap	case
7	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 water	cc
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 soap	conj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 departure	case
11	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	ought · passive		Hands				with soap and water; upon departure	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with soap=Instrument

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