Exam question 1 · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the correct handling of a fish that is to be released?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, release, handle · To what, where: correct handling, fish

This is exam question 1 of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 handling	det
10	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 handling	amod
11	handling	handling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 fish	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fish	det
14	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 handling	nmod
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 released	nsubj:pass
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 released	aux:pass
17	to	to	PART	_	19 released	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 released	aux:pass
19	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 fish	acl:relcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the correct handling of a fish	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	release	present · passive	a fish		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
4	handle		a fish		nom handling «act transitive»: of=patient

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 fish shall be thrown back from a height

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 thrown	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 thrown	aux:pass
5	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 thrown	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 height	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 height	det
9	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw back	shall · passive		the fish		a height			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from height=Initial_Location

Option 2

The fish shall be left on land briefly to rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	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	on	on	ADP	_	7 land	case
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl
8	briefly	briefly	ADV	_	5 left	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 rest	mark
10	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 left	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	shall · passive		the fish		land		briefly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on land=Location
2	rest	to-infinitive							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The hands shall be wetted to protect its slime coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hands	det
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wetted	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 wetted	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 wetted	aux:pass
5	wetted	wett	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 protect	mark
7	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wetted	advcl
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 coat	nmod:poss
9	slime	slime	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coat	compound
10	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wett	shall · passive		the hands					tree rules
2	protect	to-infinitive		its slime coat					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The fish shall be held tightly with dry hands, so that it does not escape

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 held	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 held	aux:pass
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	5 held	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hands	case
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hands	amod
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 held	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 escape	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 escape	advmod
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 escape	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 escape	nsubj
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 escape	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 escape	advmod
16	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 held	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	shall · passive		the fish				with dry hands; tightly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not escape	present · do-support	fish						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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