Exam question 3 · Chickens, goats and little creatures

It being given that chickens or their eggs have been handled, select the practice consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: give, handle, select, establish · To what, where: It, chickens, practice

This is exam question 3 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	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	_	11 handled	mark
5	chickens	chicken	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 handled	nsubj:pass
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 eggs	cc
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 eggs	nmod:poss
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chickens	conj
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 handled	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 handled	aux:pass
11	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 select	punct
13	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 practice	det
15	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 select	obj
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 select	xcomp
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 guidance	case
18	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 guidance	amod
19	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consistent	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	handle	present · perfect · passive	chickens or chickens's eggs		vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	select	infinitive	the practice	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Theme
4	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

The hands should be washed, chickens possibly carrying salmonella

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hands	det
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 washed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 washed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 washed	aux:pass
5	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 chickens	punct
7	chickens	chicken	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 washed	conj
8	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	7 chickens	advmod
9	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 chickens	acl
10	salmonella	salmonella	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carrying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	should · passive		the hands					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	carry	gerund	chickens not said here	salmonella					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmonella=Theme

Option 2

The hands need no washing if the eggs appear clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hands	det
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 washing	det
5	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 need	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 appear	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eggs	det
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 appear	nsubj
9	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 need	advcl
10	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 appear	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the hands	no washing					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot washing=Theme
2	appear a condition, not said to happen	present	the eggs					clean property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The eggs should be washed in the kitchen sink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eggs	det
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 washed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 washed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 washed	aux:pass
5	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 sink	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sink	det
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sink	compound
9	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	should · passive		the eggs		the kitchen sink			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The hands should be wiped on grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hands	det
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wiped	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 wiped	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 wiped	aux:pass
5	wiped	wipe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 grass	case
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wiped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe	should · passive		the hands		grass			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme on grass=Trajectory

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