Exam question 3 · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish

It being given that a hamster cage is cleaned, select the practice consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: give, clean, select, establish · To what, where: It, hamster cage, practice

This is exam question 3 of lesson 63 «Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish» 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	_	9 cleaned	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cage	det
6	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cage	compound
7	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cleaned	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cleaned	aux:pass
9	cleaned	clean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 select	punct
11	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 practice	det
13	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 select	obj
14	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 select	xcomp
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 guidance	case
16	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 guidance	amod
17	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consistent	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	clean	present · passive	a hamster cage		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
3	select	infinitive	the practice	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Theme
4	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 hamster should be moved permanently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hamster	det
2	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moved	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 moved	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 moved	aux:pass
5	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	5 moved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	should · passive		the hamster				permanently property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: subject=Result

Option 2

All bedding should be replaced with scented material

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 bedding	det
2	bedding	bedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 replaced	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 replaced	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 replaced	aux:pass
5	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 material	case
7	scented	scent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 material	amod
8	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 replaced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	should · passive		all bedding				with scented material	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Location with material=Co-Theme
2	scent	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Some old bedding should be retained so that the cage still smells of home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 bedding	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bedding	amod
3	bedding	bedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 retained	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 retained	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 retained	aux:pass
6	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 smells	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cage	det
10	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 smells	nsubj
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 smells	advmod
12	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 retained	advcl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 home	case
14	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 smells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	should · passive		some old bedding					tree rules
2	smell	present	the cage				still	of home	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of home=Theme

Option 4

The cage should be washed with strong bleach, scrubbed thoroughly and dried in the sun

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cage	det
2	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 washed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 washed	aux:pass
5	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 bleach	case
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bleach	amod
8	bleach	bleach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 scrubbed	punct
10	scrubbed	scrub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 washed	conj
11	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	_	10 scrubbed	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dried	cc
13	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 washed	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 sun	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sun	det
16	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wash	should · passive	the cage		with strong bleach	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with bleach=Instrument
2	scrub	participle			thoroughly property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
3	dry	participle		the sun		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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