Exam question 2 · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo

Identify the principal reason for which a person shall not run upon seeing a bear.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, person · What happens: identify, not run, see · To what, where: principal reason, bear

This is exam question 2 of lesson 316 «Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 run	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 run	nsubj
9	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 run	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 run	advmod
11	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	13 seeing	mark
13	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 run	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bear	det
15	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 seeing	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	not run	shall	a person		for the principal reason	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for which=Beneficiary
3	see	gerund	a person not said here	a bear		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus

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

Bears cannot see persons who stand still, but they notice those who move about

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 stand	nsubj
7	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 persons	acl:relcl
8	still	still	ADV	_	7 stand	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 notice	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 notice	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 notice	nsubj
12	notice	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	conj
13	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	12 notice	obj
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 move	nsubj
15	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 those	acl:relcl
16	about	about	ADV	_	15 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	Bears	persons			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus
2	stand	present	persons		still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	notice	present	Bears = bear	those			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus
4	move about	present				about property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Bears are attracted only by bright colours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attracted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attracted	aux:pass
3	attracted	attract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 colours	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 colours	case
6	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 colours	amod
7	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attracted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present · passive	bright colours	Bears					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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

Running may cause the bear to chase, and it runs faster than a person

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cause	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	aux
3	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 chase	mark
7	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bear	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 runs	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 runs	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 runs	nsubj
11	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	conj
12	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 runs	advmod
13	than	than	ADP	_	15 person	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 person	det
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 faster	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	run	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cause	may		the bear		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition bear=Patient
3	chase	to-infinitive		the bear not said here		vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	run	present	bear		fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Running is impolite in a national park

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 impolite	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 impolite	cop
3	impolite	impolite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 park	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 park	det
6	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 park	amod
7	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impolite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present				a national park		impolite property	tree rules

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