Exam question 2 · Pet care, food and responsibility

Which of the following constitutes the appropriate action where a dog has swallowed medicine or a sock?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, swallow · To what, where: dog

This is exam question 2 of lesson 205 «Pet care, food and responsibility» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 action	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 action	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 action	case
5	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 action	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 action	amod
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 swallowed	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dog	det
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 swallowed	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 swallowed	aux
13	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 action	advcl
14	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 swallowed	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 sock	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 sock	det
17	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 medicine	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 action	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the appropriate action	tree rules
3	swallow	present · perfect · passive	a dog		tree rules

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 matter may be ignored if the dog appears well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ignored	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 ignored	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 ignored	aux:pass
5	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 appears	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 appears	nsubj
9	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ignored	advcl
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 appears	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	may · passive		the matter					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	appear a condition, not said to happen	present	the dog					well property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The dog is to be made to run until it is sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 made	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 run	mark
8	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	xcomp
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 sick	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sick	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sick	cop
12	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the dog		tree rules
2	run	to-infinitive	the dog not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	dog		sick property	tree rules

Option 3

The dog is to be given milk and observed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 given	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 given	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 given	aux:pass
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 observed	cc
9	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 given	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		the dog					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient milk=Theme
2	observe	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An adult is to be informed without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 informed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 informed	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 informed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 informed	aux:pass
6	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 delay	case
8	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 informed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present · passive		a adult				without delay	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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