Exam question 3 · The pet that loves you most

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the rehoming of a pet when a family can no longer keep it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: follow, characteris, keep · To what, where: rehoming

This is exam question 3 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	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 rehoming	det
10	rehoming	rehoming	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 pet	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pet	det
13	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rehoming	nmod
14	when	when	SCONJ	_	20 keep	mark
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 family	det
16	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 keep	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 keep	aux
18	no	no	ADV	_	19 longer	advmod
19	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	20 keep	advmod
20	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 characterises	advcl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 keep	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the rehoming of a pet	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	keep	can	a family	rehoming	long property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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 invariably amounts to a betrayal of the animal

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 amounts	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 amounts	advmod
3	amounts	amount	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 betrayal	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 betrayal	det
6	betrayal	betrayal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 amounts	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 animal	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animal	det
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 betrayal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betray			the animal					nom betrayal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It causes the animal to forget its family immediately

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 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 forget	mark
6	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 causes	advcl
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 family	nmod:poss
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forget	obj
9	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	6 forget	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	the animal					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition animal=Patient
2	forget	to-infinitive		animal's family				immediately property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It may constitute a kind and responsible decision

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 constitute	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 constitute	aux
3	constitute	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kind	det
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitute	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 decision	cc
7	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 decision	amod
8	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	may	It	a kind and responsible decision					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kind=Pivot

Option 4

It is prohibited in all circumstances

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 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 circumstances	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 circumstances	det
6	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		It		all circumstances			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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