Exam question 3 · Allergies, horses and farm animals

Identify the manner of feeding a horse when permitted by the owner.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, manner · What happens: identify, feed, permit · To what, where: manner, horse

This is exam question 3 of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm animals» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 feeding	mark
5	feeding	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 manner	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feeding	obj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 permitted	advmod
9	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 feeding	advcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 owner	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 owner	det
12	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 permitted	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	feed	gerund	the manner not said here		a horse		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient
3	permit	participle	the manner not said here			by the owner	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by owner=Location

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

With the hand held flat, the food resting upon the palm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 hand	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hand	det
3	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hand	acl
5	flat	flat	ADV	_	4 held	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 food	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 food	det
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hand	conj
9	resting	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 food	acl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 palm	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palm	det
12	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle		the hand and the food not said here				flat property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	rest	gerund	the food not said here			the palm			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon palm=Location

Option 2

With the food held firmly between the fingertips

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 food	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 food	det
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 food	acl
5	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	4 held	advmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 fingertips	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fingertips	det
8	fingertips	fingertip	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle		the food not said here		the fingertips		firmly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between fingertip=Location

Option 3

By placing the food directly into the horse's ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 placing	mark
2	placing	place	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placing	obj
5	directly	directly	ADV	_	2 placing	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	10 ear	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 horse	det
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ear	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 horse	case
10	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	gerund		the food		the horse's ear		directly property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 4

By throwing the food over the fence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 throwing	mark
2	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throwing	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 fence	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fence	det
7	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throwing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	gerund		the food		the fence			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent food=Theme over fence=Destination

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