Exam question 3 · Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the giving of milk to hedgehogs.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, give · To what, where: response, hedgehogs

This is exam question 3 of lesson 206 «Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo» 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giving	det
11	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 concerning	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 milk	case
13	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 giving	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 hedgehogs	case
15	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 giving	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to 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				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	give	gerund	the established facts not said here		hedgehogs	of milk	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to hedgehog=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Milk makes hedgehogs ill and is not to be given

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 given	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 given	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 given	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	10 given	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 given	aux:pass
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 makes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Milk	hedgehogs				ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material hedgehog=Product
2	not is	present · passive	Milk not said here					give property	tree rules

Option 2

Milk is suitable if mixed with bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suitable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 suitable	cop
3	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 mixed	mark
5	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 suitable	advcl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 bread	case
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Milk					suitable property	tree rules
2	mix a condition, not said to happen	participle	Milk not said here					with bread	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with bread=Co-Patient

Option 3

Milk is the most suitable food for hedgehogs in gardens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 food	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 suitable	advmod
5	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 hedgehogs	case
8	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 food	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 gardens	case
10	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hedgehogs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Milk	the suitable food				for hedgehogs in gardens	tree rules

Option 4

Milk may be given only in the winter months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 months	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 months	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 months	det
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 months	compound
9	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	may · passive		Milk			month		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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