Exam question 3 · A pet is a responsibility

It being given that a family can no longer keep its pet, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: family · What happens: give, keep, select, establish · To what, where: It, pet, course

This is exam question 3 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	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	_	10 keep	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 family	det
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 keep	aux
8	no	no	ADV	_	9 longer	advmod
9	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 keep	advmod
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	advcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 pet	nmod:poss
12	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct
14	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 keep	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 action	case
18	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 action	amod
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 guidance	case
21	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 guidance	amod
22	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 consistent	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	keep	can	a family	family's pet	long property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme
3	select	infinitive	a family not said here	the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=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

To keep it locked in a shed for the remainder of its life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keep	obj
4	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 keep	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 shed	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shed	det
7	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 remainder	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 remainder	det
10	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 life	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 life	nmod:poss
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		it		a shed		for the remainder of remainder's life	tree rules
2	lock	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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

To find it a new home through a shelter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 find	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 home	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 home	amod
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 shelter	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shelter	det
9	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		it		a shelter			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme home=Attribute

Option 3

To leave it outside a shop where people pass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 leave	mark
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leave	obj
4	outside	outside	ADP	_	6 shop	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shop	det
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 pass	advmod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pass	nsubj
9	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 shop	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive		it		a shop			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme outside shop=Location
2	pass	present	people						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To release it in a park

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 release	mark
2	release	release	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 release	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 park	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 park	det
6	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 release	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	to-infinitive		it		a park			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer it=Source

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