Exam question 2 · The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets

Given that a small rodent persistently bites when lifted from above, ascertain the most appropriate remedy.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: small rodent, you · What happens: give, bite, lift, ascertain · To what, where: appropriate remedy

This is exam question 2 of lesson 457 «The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bites	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 bites	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rodent	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rodent	amod
5	rodent	rodent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bites	nsubj
6	persistently	persistently	ADV	_	5 rodent	advmod
7	bites	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 ascertain	advcl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 lifted	advmod
9	lifted	lift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bites	xcomp
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 above	case
11	above	above	ADV	_	9 lifted	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ascertain	punct
13	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 remedy	det
15	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	16 appropriate	advmod
16	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 remedy	amod
17	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ascertain	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	bite	present	a small rodent		tree rules
3	lift	participle	a small rodent not said here		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent from above=Destination
4	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate remedy	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remedy=Topic

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

To lift the animal more swiftly from above

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lift	mark
2	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lift	obj
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 swiftly	advmod
6	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	2 lift	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 above	case
8	above	above	ADV	_	6 swiftly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	to-infinitive		the animal				swiftly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Option 2

To wear thick gloves and grip the animal firmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wear	mark
2	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gloves	amod
4	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wear	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 grip	cc
6	grip	grip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 wear	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grip	obj
9	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	6 grip	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	to-infinitive		thick gloves					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent glove=Theme
2	grip	present		the animal				firmly property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Experiencer

Option 3

To return the animal to the vendor on the ground of its being defective

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 return	mark
2	return	return	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 return	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 vendor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vendor	det
7	vendor	vendor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 return	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 return	obl
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 defective	mark
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 defective	nmod:poss
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 defective	cop
14	defective	defective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ground	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	to-infinitive		the animal		the ground		to the vendor	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to vendor=Destination
2	is	gerund	the ground not said here					defective property	tree rules

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

To permit the animal to walk onto a flat palm from the side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 permit	mark
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 walk	mark
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permit	xcomp
7	onto	onto	ADP	_	10 palm	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 palm	det
9	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 palm	amod
10	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 side	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 side	det
13	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive		the animal					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer animal=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	walk not said to happen	to-infinitive				a flat palm		from the side	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto palm=Trajectory

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