Exam question 1 · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

Identify the principal reason for which the feeding of a household pet must be performed daily without reminder.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, household pet · What happens: identify, perform, feed · To what, where: principal reason, feeding

This is exam question 1 of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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	15 performed	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feeding	det
8	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 performed	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 pet	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pet	det
11	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pet	compound
12	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feeding	nmod
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 performed	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 performed	aux:pass
15	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
16	daily	daily	ADV	_	15 performed	advmod
17	without	without	ADP	_	18 reminder	case
18	reminder	reminder	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 performed	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	perform	must · passive		the feeding of a household pet	for the principal reason; without reminder; daily property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for which=Beneficiary
3	feed		a household pet			nom feeding «act 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

The task is otherwise performed by the animal itself when it becomes hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 task	det
2	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 performed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 performed	aux:pass
4	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	5 performed	advmod
5	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 animal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 performed	obl
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	8 animal	nmod:unmarked
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 becomes	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 becomes	nsubj
12	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 performed	advcl
13	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 becomes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive	the animal task	the task				otherwise property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	become	present	task					hungry property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Animals require food only upon alternate days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 require	nsubj
2	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 require	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 days	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	alternate	alternate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 days	amod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 require	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Animals	food			day		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme food=Precondition

Option 3

Reminders are prohibited within most households

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reminders	reminder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 households	case
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 households	amod
6	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Reminders				within most households	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The animal depends entirely upon the person responsible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	nsubj
3	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 depends	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 person	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	obl
8	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	the animal					upon the person; entirely property	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent

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