Exam question 2 · Respecting wild animals

Whereas a fawn is discovered unaccompanied in a field, select the statement most consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: discover, select, establish · To what, where: fawn, field, statement

This is exam question 2 of lesson 70 «Respecting wild 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 discovered	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fawn	det
3	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discovered	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 discovered	aux:pass
5	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 select	advcl
6	unaccompanied	unaccompanied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 discovered	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 field	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 field	det
9	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discovered	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 discovered	punct
11	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 statement	det
13	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 select	obj
14	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	15 consistent	advmod
15	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 statement	amod
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 facts	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 facts	det
18	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 facts	amod
19	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 consistent	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	discover	present · passive		a fawn	a field	unaccompanied property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
3	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 mother has concealed it and will return to feed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mother	det
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 concealed	aux
4	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 concealed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 return	cc
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 return	aux
8	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 concealed	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 feed	mark
10	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 return	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	conceal	present · perfect · passive	the mother	tree rules
2	return	future		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	feed	to-infinitive	it	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

The fawn has been abandoned and will certainly perish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fawn	det
2	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 abandoned	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 abandoned	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 abandoned	aux:pass
5	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 perish	cc
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 perish	aux
8	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	9 perish	advmod
9	perish	perish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 abandoned	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	present · perfect · passive		the fawn					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source
2	perish	future						certainly property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The fawn must be supplied with cow's milk without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fawn	det
2	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 supplied	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 supplied	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 supplied	aux:pass
5	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 milk	case
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 milk	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 cow	case
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 supplied	obl
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 delay	case
11	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 supplied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	must · passive		the fawn				with cow's milk; without delay	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with milk=Theme

Option 4

The fawn must be removed to a dwelling at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fawn	det
2	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 removed	aux:pass
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	SCONJ	_	8 dwelling	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dwelling	det
8	dwelling	dwell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 removed	advcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 dwelling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	must · passive		the fawn					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	dwell	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location

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