Exam question 3 · Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not you…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct appropriate towards a wild hedgehog found in a garden?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, find · To what, where: conduct, wild hedgehog, garden

This is exam question 3 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 conduct	amod
12	towards	towards	ADP	_	15 hedgehog	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hedgehog	det
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hedgehog	amod
15	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 appropriate	obl
16	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 hedgehog	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 garden	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 garden	det
19	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the conduct		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	find	participle	a wild hedgehog not said here	a garden		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: 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

It should be given milk and cuddled

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cuddled	cc
7	cuddled	cuddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 given	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	should · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient milk=Theme
2	cuddle	participle							vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It should be removed to the nearest pond

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 removed	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 removed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 removed	aux:pass
4	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 pond	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pond	det
7	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 pond	amod
8	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	should · passive		It		the nearest pond			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to pond=Destination

Option 3

It should be confined in a box and kept as a household 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	4 confined	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 confined	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 confined	aux:pass
4	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 box	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 confined	conj
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 pet	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pet	det
12	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pet	compound
13	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	should · passive		It		a box			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in box=Destination
2	keep	participle						as a household pet	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

It should be observed and not captured, and given no milk

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 observed	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 observed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 observed	aux:pass
4	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 captured	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 captured	advmod
7	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 observed	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 given	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 given	cc
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 observed	conj
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 milk	det
12	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	observe	should · passive	It	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	not capture	participle		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	give	participle	no milk	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme

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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