Exam question 3 · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo
It is given that a family can no longer keep a pet. Select the response consistent with the law and with kindness.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, you · What happens: give, keep, select · To what, where: It, pet, response
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a family can no longer keep a pet.
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 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 keep | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 keep | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 keep | aux |
| 8 | no | no | ADV | _ | 9 longer | advmod |
| 9 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 keep | advmod |
| 10 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 given | advcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 pet | det |
| 12 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 keep | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep | can | a family | a pet | long property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the law and with kindness.
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 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 law | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 law | det |
| 7 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 kindness | cc |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 kindness | case |
| 10 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 law | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The pet shall be kept outdoors without care
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pet | det |
| 2 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 kept | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 kept | aux:pass |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | outdoors | outdoors | ADV | _ | 5 kept | advmod |
| 7 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 care | case |
| 8 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | shall · passive | the pet | without care; outdoors property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
The pet shall be left at a park
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pet | det |
| 2 | pet | pet | 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 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 park | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 park | det |
| 8 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | shall · passive | the pet | a park | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at park=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A new home shall be found through an animal shelter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 home | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 home | amod |
| 3 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 found | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 found | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 found | aux:pass |
| 6 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 shelter | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 shelter | det |
| 9 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shelter | compound |
| 10 | shelter | shelter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 found | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | shall · passive | a new home | a animal shelter | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 4
The pet shall be released into the countryside, where it may live freely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pet | det |
| 2 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 released | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 released | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 released | aux:pass |
| 5 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 countryside | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 countryside | det |
| 8 | countryside | countryside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 released | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 live | punct |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 live | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 live | nsubj |
| 12 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 live | aux |
| 13 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 released | advcl |
| 14 | freely | freely | ADV | _ | 13 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | shall · passive | the pet | the countryside | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | live | may | pet | freely property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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