Exam question 4 · How pets feel and saying goodbye

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a bored animal.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established guidance · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, bored animal

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 guidance	acl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 animal	det
12	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 animal	amod
13	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with established guidance; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	established guidance not said here	a bored animal		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer

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 requires more sleep only

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	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 sleep	amod
4	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	2 requires	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	more sleep					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sleep=Precondition

Option 2

It requires to be left alone in a dark room for extended periods

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	to	to	PART	_	5 left	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 requires	xcomp
6	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 left	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 room	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 room	det
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 room	amod
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 periods	case
12	extended	extended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 periods	amod
13	periods	period	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 room	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	leave	to-infinitive · passive						in a dark room for extended periods result; alone property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: in room=Result

Option 3

It requires a smaller cage

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 cage	det
4	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 cage	amod
5	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	a smaller cage					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cage=Precondition

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It requires toys, play, walks and new things to explore

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	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 requires	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 play	punct
5	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 toys	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 walks	punct
7	walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 toys	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 things	cc
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 things	amod
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 toys	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 explore	mark
12	explore	explore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requires	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	toys and play and walks and new things					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme toy=Precondition
2	explore	to-infinitive							vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent

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