Exam question 4 · Thinking like an animal
It being given that an animal is in pain, determine the conduct that may be expected of it.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: animal · What happens: give, be, determine, expect · To what, where: It, pain, conduct
This is exam question 4 of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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 pain | mark |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 animal | det |
| 6 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pain | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 pain | cop |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 pain | case |
| 9 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 determine | punct |
| 11 | determine | determine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 given | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 conduct | det |
| 13 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 determine | obj |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 expected | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 expected | aux |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 expected | aux:pass |
| 17 | expected | expect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 conduct | acl:relcl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 it | case |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 expected | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | a animal | pain | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | determine | infinitive | the conduct | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | |||||
| 4 | expect | may · passive | the conduct | of animal | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
The options
Option 1
It will seek to be lifted up and cuddled by its owner
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 seek | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 seek | aux |
| 3 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 lifted | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 lifted | aux:pass |
| 6 | lifted | lift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 seek | advcl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 lifted | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cuddled | cc |
| 9 | cuddled | cuddle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 lifted | conj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 owner | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 owner | nmod:poss |
| 12 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cuddled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seek | future | It | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | lift up | to-infinitive · passive | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP» | ||||||
| 3 | cuddle | participle | by its owner | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It will invariably remain gentle with its owner
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 remain | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 remain | aux |
| 3 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 4 remain | advmod |
| 4 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 remain | xcomp |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 owner | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 owner | nmod:poss |
| 8 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remain | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | future | It | with its owner; gentle, invariably property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It may bite, even a person whom it loves
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 bite | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 bite | aux |
| 3 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 person | punct |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 person | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bite | obj |
| 8 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 loves | obj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 loves | nsubj |
| 10 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 person | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | may | It | a person | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient | ||||
| 2 | love | present | person | a person | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus |
Option 4
It will display no change whatever in its behaviour
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 display | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 display | aux |
| 3 | display | display | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 change | det |
| 5 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 display | obj |
| 6 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 display | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 behaviour | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 behaviour | nmod:poss |
| 9 | behaviour | behaviour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 display | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | display | future | It | no change | change's behaviour | tree rules |
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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