Exam question 4 · Respecting wild animals

Determine the consequence, as established, of the habitual feeding of wild animals by members of the public.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, wild animals · What happens: determine, establish, feed · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 established	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 established	mark
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Determine	parataxis
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 feeding	punct
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 feeding	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 feeding	det
10	habitual	habitual	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feeding	compound
11	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 established	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 animals	case
13	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 animals	amod
14	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 feeding	nmod
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 members	case
16	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 animals	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 public	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 public	det
19	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 members	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the consequence		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	establish	participle			of the habitual feeding of wild animals by members of the public	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	feed		wild animals by members of the public			nom feeding «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

The animals become wholly tame and safe to handle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 become	nsubj
3	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	5 tame	advmod
5	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 become	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 safe	cc
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tame	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 handle	mark
9	handle	handle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 safe	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the animals					tame property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	handle	to-infinitive	the animals not said here						vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The animals lose their fear and are more liable to bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lose	nsubj
3	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fear	nmod:poss
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lose	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 liable	cc
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 liable	cop
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 liable	advmod
9	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lose	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 bite	mark
11	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 liable	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	present	the animals	animals's fear		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Eventuality
2	is	present	the animals not said here		liable property	tree rules
3	bite	to-infinitive	the animals not said here			vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
4	fear		animals = animal			nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The animals cease to require food of their own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cease	nsubj
3	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 require	mark
5	require	require	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cease	xcomp
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 require	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 own	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 food	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the animals						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	require	to-infinitive	the animals not said here	food of animals's own					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme food=Precondition

Option 4

The animals grow timid and avoid all human contact

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	nsubj
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	timid	timid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grow	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 avoid	cc
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 grow	conj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 contact	det
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 contact	amod
9	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	the animals					timid property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	avoid	infinitive	the animals not said here	all human contact					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent contact=Location

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