Exam question 2 · The pet that loves you most

Given that a small domestic animal has been deprived of water for two days, ascertain the most appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, deprive, ascertain · To what, where: small domestic animal, appropriate course

This is exam question 2 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 deprived	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 deprived	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 animal	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animal	amod
5	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animal	amod
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deprived	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 deprived	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 deprived	aux:pass
9	deprived	deprive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 ascertain	advcl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 water	case
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deprived	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 days	case
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 days	nummod
14	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 deprived	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ascertain	punct
16	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 course	det
18	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	19 appropriate	advmod
19	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 course	amod
20	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ascertain	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 action	case
22	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 course	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	deprive	present · perfect · passive	a small domestic animal	day	of water	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of water=Theme
3	ascertain	present	the appropriate course of action			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=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 · ✓ the right answer

To seek immediate veterinary attention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 seek	mark
2	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 attention	amod
4	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attention	compound
5	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seek	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	to-infinitive		immediate veterinary attention					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Theme

Option 2

To provide food alone, but no water at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 provide	mark
2	provide	provide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provide	obj
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 provide	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 water	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 water	cc
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provide	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 water	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	to-infinitive		food				no water at all obl; alone property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition food=Theme

Option 3

To wait a further day to observe developments

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wait	mark
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 day	det
4	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 day	amod
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl:unmarked
6	to	to	PART	_	7 observe	mark
7	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wait	advcl
8	developments	development	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 observe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive					day		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	observe	to-infinitive		developments					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent development=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To return the animal to its hutch untreated

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 hutch	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hutch	nmod:poss
7	hutch	hutch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 return	obl
8	untreated	untreated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 return	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	to-infinitive		the animal		animal's hutch			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to hutch=Destination

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