Exam question 1 · How pets feel and saying goodbye

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an animal hiding more than is usual?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: animal · What happens: follow, characteris, hide, be · To what, where: more

This is exam question 1 of lesson 66 «How pets feel and saying goodbye» 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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 animal	det
10	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 usual	nsubj
11	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 animal	acl
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	11 hiding	obj
13	than	than	ADP	_	12 more	fixed
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 usual	cop
15	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 characterises	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	hide	gerund	a animal not said here	more		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient
4	is	present	a animal		usual property	tree rules

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 is invariably content and well rested

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 content	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 content	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 content	advmod
4	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rested	cc
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 rested	advmod
7	rested	rest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 content	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					content, invariably property	tree rules
2	rest	participle						well property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It wishes to be picked up and carried

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 wishes	nsubj
2	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 picked	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 picked	aux:pass
5	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wishes	ccomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 picked	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carried	cc
8	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 picked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	wish	present	It	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	pick up not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive		vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»
3	carry	participle		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

It may be ill, in pain or frightened

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 ill	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ill	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 ill	cop
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pain	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 pain	case
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ill	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 frightened	cc
9	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 ill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	may	It					ill property	tree rules
2	frighten	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It is merely playing a game

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 playing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 playing	aux
3	merely	merely	ADV	_	4 playing	advmod
4	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present · progressive	It	a game				merely property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

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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