Exam question 1 · A pet is a responsibility

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a new pet's arrival in a home?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: new pet · What happens: follow, characteris, arrive · To what, where: arrival, home

This is exam question 1 of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pet	det
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pet	amod
11	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 arrival	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 pet	case
13	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 home	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 home	det
16	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a new pet's arrival	a home	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	arrive		a new pet				nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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 shown to all neighbours at once

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 shown	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 shown	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 shown	aux:pass
4	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 neighbours	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 neighbours	det
7	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shown	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 shown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	should · passive		It	all neighbours				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to neighbour=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It requires a quiet place and several days in which to settle

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	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 place	det
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 place	amod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 days	cc
7	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 days	amod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 place	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 settle	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 settle	mark
12	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 days	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	a quiet place and several days					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme place=Precondition
2	settle	to-infinitive					in several days		vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location

Option 3

It should be handled continuously from arrival

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 handled	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 handled	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 handled	aux:pass
4	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	continuously	continuously	ADV	_	4 handled	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 arrival	case
7	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	should · passive		It		arrival		continuously property	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It requires no special arrangements

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	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 arrangements	det
4	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 arrangements	amod
5	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	no special arrangements					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme arrangement=Precondition

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