Exam question 3 · Litter and caring for nature

Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of wild frogs and tadpoles.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, respect · To what, where: response, wild frogs

This is exam question 3 of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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 frogs	case
11	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 frogs	amod
12	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 respect	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tadpoles	cc
14	tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 frogs	conj
15	.	.	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			wild frogs and tadpoles	nom respect «cognition 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

They are moved to a different pond, where they may be safer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 moved	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 moved	aux:pass
3	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 pond	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pond	det
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pond	amod
7	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 safer	punct
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 safer	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 safer	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 safer	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 safer	cop
13	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 pond	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · passive		They		a different pond			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to pond=Trajectory
2	is	may	they					safe property	tree rules

Option 2

They are taken home and kept as pets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taken	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 taken	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 kept	cc
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 taken	conj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 pets	case
8	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · passive		They				home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	keep	participle						as pets	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

They are observed but left in their home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 observed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 observed	aux:pass
3	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 left	cc
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 observed	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 home	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 home	nmod:poss
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	present · passive		They					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	leave	participle						in their home result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in home=Result

Option 4

They are collected and kept in jars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 collected	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 collected	aux:pass
3	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 kept	cc
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 collected	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 jars	case
7	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	present · passive		They					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	keep	participle				jars			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in jar=Location

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