Exam question 2 · Kindness to animals

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the leaving of a dog in a car exposed to the sun?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, leave, expose · To what, where: car, sun

This is exam question 2 of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» 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 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 leaving	det
10	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 characterises	advcl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 dog	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dog	det
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leaving	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 car	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 car	det
16	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dog	nmod
17	exposed	expose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 car	acl
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 sun	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sun	det
20	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 exposed	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	leave	gerund			of a dog in a car	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of dog=Initial_Location
4	expose	participle	a car not said here	the sun		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sun=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

It is hazardous only in tropical countries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hazardous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hazardous	cop
3	hazardous	hazardous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 countries	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 countries	case
6	tropical	tropical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 countries	amod
7	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hazardous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			tropical countries		hazardous property	tree rules

Option 2

It is harmless if the dog has water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 has	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	nsubj
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	advcl
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmless property	tree rules
2	have a condition, not said to happen	present	the dog	water					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The interior becomes hot rapidly and the dog may die within minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 interior	det
2	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 becomes	xcomp
5	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	4 hot	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 die	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 die	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 die	aux
10	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 becomes	conj
11	within	within	ADP	_	12 minutes	case
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the interior					hot property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	die	may	the dog				minute		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

It is safe provided a window is slightly open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 open	csubj
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 safe	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 window	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provided	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 open	cop
8	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	9 open	advmod
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		safe property	tree rules
2	provide	participle		a window		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition window=Theme
3	is	present			open, slightly property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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