Exam question 2 · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet

Identify the measures to be taken before permitting a bird to fly indoors.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, take, permit, fly · To what, where: measures, bird

This is exam question 2 of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 measures	det
3	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 taken	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 taken	aux:pass
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 permitting	mark
8	permitting	permit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 taken	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bird	det
10	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 permitting	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fly	mark
12	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 permitting	advcl
13	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	12 fly	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the measures		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent measure=Theme
2	take	to-infinitive · passive	you not said here			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»
3	permit	gerund	you not said here	a bird		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
4	fly	to-infinitive	you not said here		indoors property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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

The lights are switched off completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lights	det
2	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 switched	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 switched	aux:pass
4	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 switched	compound:prt
6	completely	completely	ADV	_	4 switched	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	present · passive		the lights				completely property	vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

The windows are opened for fresh air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 windows	det
2	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 opened	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 opened	aux:pass
4	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 air	amod
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present · passive		the windows				for fresh air	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The cage is removed from the room entirely so that the bird cannot return to it too soon

The tree, 19 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	4 removed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 removed	aux:pass
4	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 room	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 removed	obl
8	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 removed	advmod
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	15 return	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 return	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bird	det
12	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 return	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 return	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 return	advmod
15	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 removed	advcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 return	obl
18	too	too	ADV	_	19 soon	advmod
19	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 return	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present · passive		the cage		the room		entirely property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from room=Source
2	not return	can	the bird		cage			soon property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to it=Result

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

The windows and doors closed, the mirrors covered and the fans switched off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 windows	det
2	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 doors	cc
4	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 windows	conj
5	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 windows	acl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mirrors	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mirrors	det
8	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 windows	conj
9	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 mirrors	acl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fans	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fans	det
12	fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 windows	conj
13	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 fans	acl
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 switched	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	close	participle	the windows and doors and the mirrors and the fans not said here	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	cover	participle	the mirrors not said here	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	switch off	participle	the fans not said here	vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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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