Exam question 2 · Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning foods injurious to dogs.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, foods

This is exam question 2 of lesson 118 «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom» 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
13	injurious	injurious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 concerning	xcomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 dogs	case
15	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 injurious	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	foods	injurious property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus food=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 · ← Mova's choice

Foods safe for humans are always safe for dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 safe	nsubj
2	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Foods	amod
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 humans	case
4	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 safe	obl
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 safe	advmod
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 dogs	case
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Foods					for dogs; always, safe property	tree rules

Option 2

Carrots, rice, plain chicken and water are poisonous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 poisonous	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 rice	punct
3	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carrots	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chicken	punct
5	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chicken	amod
6	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carrots	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 water	cc
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chicken	conj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 poisonous	cop
10	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Carrots plain chicken and water and rice					poisonous property	tree rules

Option 3

Only foods which contain sugar harm a dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 foods	advmod
2	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contain	nsubj
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 contain	nsubj
4	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 harm	compound
6	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contain	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	foods	sugar harm					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Chocolate, grapes, raisins and onions are poisonous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 poisonous	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 grapes	punct
3	grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Chocolate	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 raisins	punct
5	raisins	raisin	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Chocolate	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 onions	cc
7	onions	onion	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Chocolate	conj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 poisonous	cop
9	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Chocolate and grapes and raisins and onions					poisonous property	tree rules

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