Exam question 2 · Chickens, goats and little creatures

Identify the reason for which ants enter kitchens.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, ants · What happens: identify, enter · To what, where: reason, kitchens

This is exam question 2 of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» 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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 enter	obl
6	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 enter	nsubj
7	enter	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
8	kitchens	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 enter	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	enter	present	ants	kitchens				for the reason	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kitchen=Destination

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

In search of cold water only, as ants require no food in houses whatsoever

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 search	case
2	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 require	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 search	nmod
6	only	only	ADV	_	5 water	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 require	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 require	mark
9	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 require	nsubj
10	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 food	det
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 require	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 houses	case
14	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 require	obl
15	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	10 require	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	ants	no food		search of cold water		in houses; whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme food=Precondition
2	search			cold water					nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

In search of food, wherefore crumbs and sticky spills should be cleaned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 search	case
2	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 food	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 search	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cleaned	punct
6	wherefore	wherefore	ADV	PronType=Int	13 cleaned	advmod
7	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cleaned	nsubj:pass
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 spills	cc
9	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 spills	amod
10	spills	spill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 crumbs	conj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 cleaned	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 cleaned	aux:pass
13	cleaned	clean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 search	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	should · passive		crumbs and sticky spills				wherefore property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	search			food					nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Because they are attracted to light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 attracted	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 attracted	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 attracted	aux:pass
4	attracted	attract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 light	case
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attracted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present · passive		they				to light result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to light=Result

Option 4

Because they dislike the outdoors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 dislike	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dislike	nsubj
3	dislike	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 outdoors	det
5	outdoors	outdoor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dislike	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dislike	present	they	the outdoors					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer outdoor=Stimulus

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