Exam question 3 · How pets feel and saying goodbye

It being given that a child believes a pet died through his own fault, select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, pet · What happens: give, believe, die, select, establish, fault · To what, where: It, own fault, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	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	_	7 believes	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 believes	nsubj
7	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pet	det
9	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 died	nsubj
10	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 believes	ccomp
11	through	through	ADP	_	14 fault	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 fault	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fault	amod
14	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 died	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 select	punct
16	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 response	det
18	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 select	obj
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 select	xcomp
20	with	with	ADP	_	23 facts	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 facts	det
22	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 facts	amod
23	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 consistent	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	believe	present	a child				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	die	past	a pet		pet's own fault		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	select	infinitive		the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
5	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
6	fault		pet				nom fault «act transitive»: 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

The child is usually correct in such belief, as pets depend entirely upon children

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 correct	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 correct	cop
4	usually	usually	ADV	_	5 correct	advmod
5	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 belief	case
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 belief	amod
8	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 correct	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 depend	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 depend	mark
11	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 depend	nsubj
12	depend	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 correct	conj
13	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	12 depend	advmod
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 children	case
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 depend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child			such belief		correct, usually property	tree rules
2	depend	present	pets					upon children; entirely property	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The child should keep the feeling secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 feeling	det
6	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	should	the child	the feeling				secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme

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

Children often wrongly blame themselves, most pets dying of old age or illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blame	nsubj
2	often	often	ADV	_	4 blame	advmod
3	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	4 blame	advmod
4	blame	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 blame	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pets	punct
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 pets	amod
8	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blame	parataxis
9	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 pets	acl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 age	case
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 age	amod
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dying	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 illness	cc
14	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 age	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	present	Children	Children = child				often, wrongly property	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme
2	die	gerund	most pets not said here				of old age or illness		vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of age=Causer

Option 4

The child should get another pet at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 pet	det
6	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	should	the child	another pet					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent pet=Theme at once=Asset

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