Exam question 4 · Hiking and camping safely

Ascertain the reason for which food is stored in bear-proof containers in bear country.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, store · To what, where: reason, food, proof containers

This is exam question 4 of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stored	obl
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stored	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stored	aux:pass
8	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 containers	case
10	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 proof	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 bear	punct
12	proof	proof	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 containers	amod
13	containers	container	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stored	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 country	case
15	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 country	compound
16	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stored	obl
17	.	.	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 reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	store	present · passive		food		proof containers		for the reason; in bear country	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in container=Location

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

Bears follow the smells of food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 follow	nsubj
2	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 smells	det
4	smells	smell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 follow	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smells	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	Bears	the smells of food					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Theme
2	smell		food						nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It is required only in winter

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 winter	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 winter	case
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		It			winter		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 3

Food keeps colder inside them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 keeps	xcomp
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Food					inside them = they; cold property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent inside they=Location

Option 4

Bears fear plastic boxes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fear	nsubj
2	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boxes	compound
4	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	present	Bears	plastic boxes					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer box=Stimulus

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