Exam question 3 · Kindness to animals

Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of the handling of a small pet.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, respect, handle · To what, where: response, handling, small pet

This is exam question 3 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	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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 handling	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 handling	det
12	handling	handling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 pet	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pet	det
15	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 pet	amod
16	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 handling	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	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	respect			the handling of a small pet	nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	handle			a small pet	nom handling «act transitive»: of=patient

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 carried in one hand at arm's length

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 carried	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hand	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hand	nummod
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 length	case
8	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 length	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 arm	case
10	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · passive		It		one hand		at arm's length	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in hand=Location

Option 2

It is lifted by the scruff or the tail

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 lifted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lifted	aux:pass
3	lifted	lift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 scruff	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 scruff	det
6	scruff	scruff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lifted	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 tail	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tail	det
9	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scruff	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	present · passive	the scruff or the tail	It					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

It is held aloft so that it may see about it

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 held	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 held	aux:pass
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	aloft	aloft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 held	xcomp
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 see	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 held	advcl
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		It				aloft property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	see	may	it					about it	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is held gently, close to the body, with both hands and low down

The tree, 14 words

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 held	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 held	aux:pass
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	3 held	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 close	punct
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 held	parataxis
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 body	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 body	det
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 close	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hands	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 hands	case
12	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	13 hands	det
13	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 held	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 down	cc
15	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 down	advmod
16	down	down	ADV	_	3 held	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		It				with both hands; gently property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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