Exam question 3 · Dogs and rabbits in your care

It being given that a dog has swallowed a sock, select the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: give, swallow, select · To what, where: It, dog, appropriate course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 62 «Dogs and rabbits in your care» 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 swallowed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swallowed	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 swallowed	aux
8	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sock	det
10	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swallowed	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 select	punct
12	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 course	det
14	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 course	amod
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 select	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 action	case
17	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 course	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	swallow	present · perfect · passive	a dog	tree rules
3	select	infinitive	the appropriate course of action	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=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

To pull it out through the mouth oneself, however far down the sock may have gone

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pull	mark
2	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pull	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 pull	compound:prt
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 mouth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mouth	det
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pull	obl
8	oneself	oneself	PRON	Case=Acc Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 pull	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 far	punct
10	however	however	ADV	_	11 far	advmod
11	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 gone	advmod
12	down	down	ADP	_	14 sock	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sock	det
14	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 far	obl
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 gone	aux
16	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 gone	aux
17	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 pull	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull out	to-infinitive		it		the mouth			tree rules
2	go	may · perfect						far property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To feed the dog a large meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 feed	mark
2	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feed	iobj
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 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	to-infinitive		a large meal	the dog				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient meal=Theme

Option 3

To wait until it passes naturally

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	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 passes	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 passes	nsubj
5	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 wait	advcl
6	naturally	naturally	ADV	_	5 passes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pass	present	it					naturally property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

To inform an adult straight away, as a veterinary surgeon may be required

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obj
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	2 inform	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 required	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 required	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 surgeon	det
10	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 surgeon	compound
11	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 required	nsubj:pass
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 required	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 required	aux:pass
14	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 inform	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive			a adult			away property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	require	may · passive		a veterinary surgeon					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

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