Exam question 1 · The pet that loves you most

Identify the principal reason for which a pet may show particular attachment to one member of a household.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pet · What happens: identify, show · To what, where: principal reason, particular attachment, one member

This is exam question 1 of lesson 460 «The pet that loves you most» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 show	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pet	det
8	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 show	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 show	aux
10	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	parataxis
11	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 attachment	amod
12	attachment	attachment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 show	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 member	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 member	nummod
15	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 show	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 household	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 household	det
18	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 member	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	show	may	a pet	particular attachment	one member of a household			for the principal reason	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent attachment=Topic to member=Recipient

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

That member possesses the largest bedroom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 member	det
2	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	nsubj
3	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bedroom	det
5	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 bedroom	amod
6	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	that member	the largest bedroom					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bedroom=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That member provides its daily care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 member	det
2	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 provides	nsubj
3	provides	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 care	nmod:poss
5	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 care	amod
6	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 provides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present	that member	member's daily care					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition care=Theme
2	care		member						nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

That member is the youngest in the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 member	det
2	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 youngest	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 youngest	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 youngest	det
5	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 household	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 household	det
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 youngest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that member			the household		young property	tree rules

Option 4

That member is the most frequently absent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 member	det
2	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 absent	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 absent	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 absent	det
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 frequently	advmod
6	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	7 absent	advmod
7	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that member					absent, frequently property	tree rules

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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