Exam question 4 · Wild birds, bats and germs from animals

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a dead wild bird found in a garden.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, find · To what, where: response, dead wild bird, garden

This is exam question 4 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bird	det
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bird	amod
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bird	amod
15	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
16	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 bird	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 garden	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 garden	det
19	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	a dead wild bird			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bird=Experiencer
5	find	participle		a dead wild bird not said here	a garden		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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

It should be buried at once with the hands

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	4 buried	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 buried	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 buried	aux:pass
4	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 buried	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hands	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hands	det
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	should · passive		It				with the hands	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at once=Destination

Option 2

It may be picked up if it has been dead for a day

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	4 picked	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 picked	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 picked	aux:pass
4	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 picked	compound:prt
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 dead	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dead	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dead	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 dead	cop
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 picked	advcl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 day	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	may · passive		It			day		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present · perfect	it					dead property	tree rules

Option 3

It may be handled freely if it appears clean

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	4 handled	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 handled	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 handled	aux:pass
4	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	freely	freely	ADV	_	4 handled	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 appears	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 appears	nsubj
8	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 handled	advcl
9	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 appears	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	may · passive		It				freely property	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	appear a condition, not said to happen	present	it					clean property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It must not be touched with bare hands

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	5 touched	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 touched	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 touched	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 touched	aux:pass
5	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 hands	case
7	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hands	amod
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 touched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not touch	must · passive		It				with bare hands	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme with hand=Instrument

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