Exam question 3 · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet

It being given that a reptile has been handled, select the practice consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: give, handle, select, establish · To what, where: It, reptile, practice

This is exam question 3 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	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 handled	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reptile	det
6	reptile	reptile	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 handled	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 handled	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 handled	aux:pass
9	handled	handle	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	handle	present · perfect · passive	a reptile		vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The hands are washed with soap, reptiles often carrying salmonella

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hands	det
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 washed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	aux:pass
4	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 soap	case
6	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 reptiles	punct
8	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 washed	obl
9	often	often	ADV	_	10 carrying	advmod
10	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 reptiles	acl
11	salmonella	salmonella	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carrying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	present · passive		the hands				with soap; reptiles obl	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with soap=Instrument
2	carry	gerund	reptiles not said here	salmonella				often property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmonella=Theme

Option 2

The hands are wiped upon the clothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hands	det
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wiped	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wiped	aux:pass
4	wiped	wipe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 clothing	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clothing	det
7	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wiped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe	present · passive		the hands		the clothing			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme upon clothing=Trajectory

Option 3

The hands require no washing whatsoever if the reptile appears clean and healthy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hands	det
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 require	nsubj
3	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 washing	det
5	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 require	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 require	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 appears	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reptile	det
9	reptile	reptile	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appears	nsubj
10	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 require	advcl
11	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 appears	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 healthy	cc
13	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 clean	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the hands	no washing				whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme washing=Precondition
2	appear a condition, not said to happen	present	the reptile					clean property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The reptile is washed rather than the hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reptile	det
2	reptile	reptile	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	aux:pass
4	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	rather	rather	ADV	_	4 washed	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 hands	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hands	det
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 washed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	present · passive		the reptile				than the hands	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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