Exam question 4 · The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the acceptance of a new household member by a resident dog.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, accept · To what, where: response, acceptance, new household member

This is exam question 4 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	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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 acceptance	det
11	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 member	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 member	det
14	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 member	amod
15	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 member	compound
16	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 acceptance	nmod
17	by	by	ADP	_	20 dog	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 dog	det
19	resident	resident	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dog	compound
20	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the acceptance of a new household member	by a resident dog	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus acceptance=Experiencer
4	accept			a new household member		nom acceptance «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It may require months of patient daily care

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 require	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 require	aux
3	require	require	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 require	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 care	case
6	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 care	compound
7	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 care	amod
8	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 months	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	may	It				month		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It occurs immediately in all cases

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	2 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 occurs	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cases	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 cases	det
6	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It			all cases		immediately property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in case=Location

Option 3

It can never occur once the dog is adult

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	4 occur	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 occur	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 occur	advmod
4	occur	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	once	once	SCONJ	_	9 adult	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 adult	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 adult	cop
9	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 occur	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not occur	can	It						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the dog					adult property	tree rules

Option 4

It depends solely upon the purchase of gifts

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	2 depends	nsubj
2	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 depends	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 purchase	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 purchase	det
6	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depends	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 gifts	case
8	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	It					upon the purchase of gifts; solely property	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	purchase			gifts					nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

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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