Exam question 3 · Meeting a dog safely

Identify the circumstance in which a dog ought not to be disturbed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, not disturb · To what, where: circumstance, dog

This is exam question 3 of lesson 22 «Meeting a dog safely» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 circumstance	det
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 disturbed	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 disturbed	nsubj:pass
8	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 disturbed	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 disturbed	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	12 disturbed	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 disturbed	aux:pass
12	disturbed	disturb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 circumstance	acl:relcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the circumstance					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	not disturb	ought · passive	you not said here	a dog		the circumstance			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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

Whilst it is eating, sleeping, chewing a toy or tending its puppies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	4 eating	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 eating	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 eating	aux
4	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sleeping	punct
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 eating	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 chewing	punct
8	chewing	chew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 eating	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 toy	det
10	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chewing	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 tending	cc
12	tending	tend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 eating	conj
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 puppies	nmod:poss
14	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	eat	present · progressive	it		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sleep	gerund			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	chew	gerund		a toy	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient
4	tend	gerund		toy's puppies	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Theme

Option 2

Whilst it is wagging its tail loosely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	4 wagging	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wagging	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wagging	aux
4	wagging	wag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wagging	obj
7	loosely	loosely	ADV	_	4 wagging	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	present · progressive	it	its tail				loosely property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Option 3

Whilst it is walking calmly beside its owner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	4 walking	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 walking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 walking	aux
4	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	4 walking	advmod
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 owner	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 owner	nmod:poss
8	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present · progressive	it			its owner		calmly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside owner=Trajectory

Option 4

Whilst it is sitting upon command

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	4 sitting	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sitting	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sitting	aux
4	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 command	case
6	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present · progressive	it			command			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon command=Location

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