Exam question 4 · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo

State the conduct expected at a zoo.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, expect · To what, where: conduct, zoo

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 zoo	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 zoo	det
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expected	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the conduct					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	expect	participle		the conduct not said here		a zoo			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: 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

Feeding the animals through the bars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animals	det
3	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Feeding	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 bars	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bars	det
6	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Feeding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	gerund			the animals	the bars			vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient

Option 2

Calling loudly to wake the animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Calling	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wake	mark
4	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Calling	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animals	det
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund						loudly property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wake	to-infinitive		the animals					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent animal=Patient

Option 3

Climbing fences for a closer view

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climbing	climbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fences	compound
2	fences	fence	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 view	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 view	det
5	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 view	amod
6	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fences	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

Following the signs and remaining behind the barriers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 signs	det
3	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Following	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 remaining	cc
5	remaining	remain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Following	conj
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 barriers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 barriers	det
8	barriers	barrier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 remaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		the signs					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme
2	remain	gerund				the barriers			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind barrier=Location

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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