Exam question 3 · Wild birds, bats and germs from animals

It being given that a walk has been taken through long grass or woodland, select the precaution consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: give, take, select, establish · To what, where: It, walk, long grass, precaution

This is exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Wild birds, bats and germs from animals» 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	_	9 taken	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 walk	det
6	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 taken	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 taken	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 taken	aux:pass
9	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 grass	case
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 grass	amod
12	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 taken	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 woodland	cc
14	woodland	woodland	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grass	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 select	punct
16	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 precaution	det
18	precaution	precaution	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 select	obj
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 select	xcomp
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	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	take	present · perfect · passive	a walk	long grass or woodland		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	select	infinitive	the precaution		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precaution=Theme
4	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The skin should be examined for ticks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skin	det
2	skin	skin	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	for	for	ADP	_	7 ticks	case
7	ticks	tick	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 examined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	examine	should · passive		the skin				for ticks	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for tick=Attribute

Option 2

No precaution is required

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 precaution	det
2	precaution	precaution	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		no precaution					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 3

The clothes should be shaken in the long grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clothes	det
2	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 shaken	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shaken	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 shaken	aux:pass
5	shaken	shake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 grass	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grass	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 grass	amod
9	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shaken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	should · passive		the clothes		the long grass			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in grass=Trajectory

Option 4

The legs should be washed in a stream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 legs	det
2	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 washed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 washed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 washed	aux:pass
5	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 stream	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stream	det
8	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	should · passive		the legs		a stream			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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