Exam question 4 · Pet care, food and responsibility
Ascertain the proper course of action where a family is genuinely unable to continue keeping its pet.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, family · What happens: ascertain, be, continue, keep · To what, where: proper course, pet
This is exam question 4 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 course | det |
| 3 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 course | amod |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 action | case |
| 6 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 course | nmod |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 unable | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 family | det |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 unable | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 unable | cop |
| 11 | genuinely | genuinely | ADV | _ | 12 unable | advmod |
| 12 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 action | acl:relcl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 continue | mark |
| 14 | continue | continue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 unable | xcomp |
| 15 | keeping | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 continue | xcomp |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 pet | nmod:poss |
| 17 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 keeping | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the proper course of action | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a family | genuinely, unable property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | continue | to-infinitive | a family not said here | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | keep | gerund | a family not said here | family's pet | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme |
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
To keep the animal but cease feeding it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 animal | det |
| 4 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 cease | cc |
| 6 | cease | cease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 animal | conj |
| 7 | feeding | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 keep | xcomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 feeding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the animal but cease | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | feed | gerund | the animal but cease not said here | cease | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
To leave the animal outside a veterinary surgery overnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 leave | mark |
| 2 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 animal | det |
| 4 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 leave | obj |
| 5 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 8 surgery | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 surgery | det |
| 7 | veterinary | veterinary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 surgery | compound |
| 8 | surgery | surgery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 leave | obl |
| 9 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 2 leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | to-infinitive | the animal | a veterinary surgery | overnight property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent animal=Theme outside surgery=Location |
Option 3
To release the animal in a park or forest where it may live freely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 release | mark |
| 2 | release | release | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 animal | det |
| 4 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 release | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 park | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 park | det |
| 7 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 release | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 forest | cc |
| 9 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 park | conj |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 live | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 live | nsubj |
| 12 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 live | aux |
| 13 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 forest | acl:relcl |
| 14 | freely | freely | ADV | _ | 13 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | to-infinitive | the animal | a park or forest | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer animal=Source | ||||
| 2 | live | may | animal | freely property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
To seek the assistance of a shelter in finding a new home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 seek | mark |
| 2 | seek | seek | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 assistance | det |
| 4 | assistance | assistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 seek | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 shelter | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shelter | det |
| 7 | shelter | shelter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 assistance | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 9 finding | mark |
| 9 | finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 seek | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 home | det |
| 11 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 home | amod |
| 12 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 finding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seek | to-infinitive | the assistance of a shelter | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme | |||||
| 2 | find | gerund | a new home | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic | |||||
| 3 | assist | a shelter | nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient |
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