Exam question 3 · Caring for pets
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the requirements of rabbits.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, require · To what, where: response, requirements, rabbits
This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Caring for pets» 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 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 consistent | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 consistent | cop |
| 6 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | acl:relcl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 facts | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 facts | det |
| 9 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 facts | amod |
| 10 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 consistent | obl |
| 11 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 facts | acl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 requirements | det |
| 13 | requirements | requirement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 concerning | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 rabbits | case |
| 15 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 requirements | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the response | with the established facts; consistent property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 4 | concern | gerund | the established facts not said here | the requirements of rabbits | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus requirement=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | require | rabbits | nom requirement «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Rabbits require abundant hay, room in which to hop and, usually, another rabbit as company
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 require | nsubj |
| 2 | require | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | abundant | abundant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hay | amod |
| 4 | hay | hay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 require | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 room | punct |
| 6 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hay | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 which | case |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 hop | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 hop | mark |
| 10 | hop | hop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 room | acl:relcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 rabbit | cc |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 and | punct |
| 13 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 16 rabbit | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 rabbit | punct |
| 15 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 rabbit | det |
| 16 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hop | conj |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 company | case |
| 18 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | Rabbits | abundant hay and room | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hay=Precondition | ||||
| 2 | hop | to-infinitive | Rabbits not said here | room | as company | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Trajectory |
Option 2
Rabbits require no fresh water if given vegetables
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 require | nsubj |
| 2 | require | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 water | det |
| 4 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 water | amod |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 require | obj |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 vegetables | mark |
| 7 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 vegetables | amod |
| 8 | vegetables | vegetable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 require | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | Rabbits | no fresh water | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Precondition | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Rabbits require only pellets and a small cage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 require | nsubj |
| 2 | require | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 pellets | advmod |
| 4 | pellets | pellet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 require | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cage | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cage | det |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cage | amod |
| 8 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pellets | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | Rabbits | pellets and a small cage | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pellet=Precondition |
Option 4
Rabbits prefer to live alone without company
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 prefer | nsubj |
| 2 | prefer | prefer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 live | mark |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 prefer | xcomp |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 live | advmod |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 company | case |
| 7 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prefer | present | Rabbits | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | live not said to happen | to-infinitive | Rabbits not said here | without company; alone property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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