Exam question 4 · Caring for pets
It is given that a pet has ceased eating and conducts itself strangely. Determine the appropriate course of action.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, cease, eat, conduct, determine · To what, where: It, pet, appropriate course
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a pet has ceased eating and conducts itself strangely.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 ceased | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pet | det |
| 6 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ceased | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 ceased | aux |
| 8 | ceased | cease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 ceased | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 conducts | cc |
| 11 | conducts | conduct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | conj |
| 12 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 conducts | obj |
| 13 | strangely | strangely | ADV | _ | 11 conducts | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cease | present · perfect · passive | a pet | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | eat | gerund | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | conduct | present | pet | strangely property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Determine the appropriate course of action.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 course | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 course | amod |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 action | case |
| 6 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 course | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the appropriate course of action | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The pet should be examined by a veterinary surgeon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pet | det |
| 2 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 examined | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 examined | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 examined | aux:pass |
| 5 | examined | examine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 surgeon | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 surgeon | det |
| 8 | veterinary | veterinary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 surgeon | compound |
| 9 | surgeon | surgeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 examined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | examine | should · passive | a veterinary surgeon | the pet | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 2
The pet should be given chocolate to restore its appetite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pet | det |
| 2 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 given | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 given | aux:pass |
| 5 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 given | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 restore | mark |
| 8 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 given | advcl |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 appetite | nmod:poss |
| 10 | appetite | appetite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 restore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | should · passive | the pet | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient chocolate=Theme | |||||
| 2 | restore | to-infinitive | pet's appetite | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent appetite=Theme |
Option 3
The pet should be exercised more vigorously
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pet | det |
| 2 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 exercised | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 exercised | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 exercised | aux:pass |
| 5 | exercised | exercise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 exercised | advmod |
| 7 | vigorously | vigorously | ADV | _ | 5 exercised | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exercise | should · passive | the pet | vigorously property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
The pet should be left alone for some weeks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pet | det |
| 2 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 left | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 left | aux:pass |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 left | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 weeks | case |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 weeks | det |
| 9 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | should · passive | the pet | week | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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