Exam question 3 · Cats and dogs up close

It being given that a cat repeatedly visits the litter box without passing anything, select the appropriate action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat, litter box · What happens: give, visit, pass, select · To what, where: It, litter box, anything, appropriate action

This is exam question 3 of lesson 61 «Cats and dogs up close» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 visits	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 visits	nsubj
7	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	8 visits	advmod
8	visits	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 box	det
10	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 box	compound
11	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 visits	obj
12	without	without	SCONJ	_	13 passing	mark
13	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 box	acl
14	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 passing	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 select	punct
16	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 action	det
18	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 action	amod
19	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 select	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	visit	present	a cat	the litter box	repeatedly property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Co-Agent
3	pass	gerund	the litter box not said here	anything		vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme anything=Trajectory
4	select	infinitive		the appropriate action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To consult a veterinary surgeon promptly, as it may be seriously ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 consult	mark
2	consult	consult	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 surgeon	det
4	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 surgeon	compound
5	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consult	obj
6	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	2 consult	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ill	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 ill	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ill	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 ill	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 ill	cop
12	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	13 ill	advmod
13	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 consult	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult	to-infinitive		a veterinary surgeon				promptly property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surgeon=Theme
2	is	may	surgeon					ill, seriously property	tree rules

Option 2

To change the litter and ignore it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 change	mark
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 litter	det
4	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ignore	cc
6	ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 change	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ignore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	to-infinitive		the litter					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Patient
2	ignore	present		litter					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

To give the cat a large meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meal	det
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 meal	amod
7	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		a large meal	the cat				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient meal=Theme

Option 4

To wait for several days to observe whether matters improve of their own accord

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	for	for	ADP	_	5 days	case
4	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 days	amod
5	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wait	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 observe	mark
7	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wait	advcl
8	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	10 improve	mark
9	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 improve	nsubj
10	improve	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 observe	advcl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 accord	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 accord	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 accord	amod
14	accord	accord	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 improve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive		day		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	observe	to-infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	improve	present	matters		of matters's own accord	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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