Exam question 3 · Farm animals and horses

It being given that cattle pursue a walker accompanied by a dog, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cattle · What happens: give, pursue, accompany, select, establish · To what, where: It, walker, course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Farm animals and horses» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 pursue	mark
5	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pursue	nsubj
6	pursue	pursue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 walker	det
8	walker	walker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pursue	obj
9	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 walker	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 dog	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dog	det
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accompanied	obl:agent
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct
14	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 action	case
18	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 action	amod
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 guidance	case
21	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 guidance	amod
22	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 consistent	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	pursue	present	cattle	a walker	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walker=Theme
3	accompany	participle		a walker not said here	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	select	infinitive		the course of action	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
5	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

The walker should pick up the dog and stand still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 walker	det
2	walker	walker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pick	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pick	aux
4	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 pick	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pick	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stand	cc
9	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 pick	conj
10	still	still	ADV	_	9 stand	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	should	the walker	the dog					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic
2	stand	infinitive	the walker not said here				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The walker should hold the lead tightly and face the cattle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 walker	det
2	walker	walker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hold	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hold	aux
4	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lead	det
6	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hold	obj
7	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	4 hold	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 face	cc
9	face	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hold	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cattle	det
11	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 face	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	should	the walker	the lead				tightly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lead=Theme
2	face	present	the walker not said here		the cattle				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cattle=Destination

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

The walker should release the lead so that both may escape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 walker	det
2	walker	walker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 release	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 release	aux
4	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lead	det
6	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 release	obj
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 escape	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	11 escape	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 escape	aux
11	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 release	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	should	the walker	the lead					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer lead=Source
2	escape	may	both						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The walker should run between the cattle and their calves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 walker	det
2	walker	walker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 cattle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cattle	det
7	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 calves	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 calves	nmod:poss
10	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cattle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	should	the walker					between the cattle and cattle's calves	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between cattle=Trajectory

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