Exam question 4 · Dogs and rabbits in your care

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a dog in pain.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established guidance · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, dog, pain

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 guidance	acl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dog	det
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 pain	case
14	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with established guidance; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	established guidance not said here	a dog	pain		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer

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 should be hugged closely in order to comfort it and calm it down

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	4 hugged	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hugged	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hugged	aux:pass
4	hugged	hug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	closely	closely	ADV	_	4 hugged	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hugged	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 comfort	mark
9	comfort	comfort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hugged	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 comfort	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 calm	cc
12	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 comfort	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 calm	obj
14	down	down	ADP	_	12 calm	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hug	should · passive	It	order	closely property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent
2	comfort	to-infinitive	order			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
3	calm down	infinitive	order			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

It should be lifted by the child

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	4 lifted	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lifted	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 lifted	aux:pass
4	lifted	lift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lifted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	should · passive	the child	It					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

It will remain gentle with children

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 remain	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 remain	aux
3	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remain	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	future	It					with children; gentle property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It may bite even its own family, so an adult should handle it

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 bite	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 bite	aux
3	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	even	even	ADV	_	7 family	advmod
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 family	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 family	amod
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bite	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 handle	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 handle	advmod
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 handle	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 handle	aux
13	handle	handle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bite	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 handle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	may	It	its own family					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient
2	handle	should	a adult	family					vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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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