Exam question 4 · Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals

Determine the most appropriate course of action for a child who witnesses the deliberate infliction of harm upon an animal.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: determine, witness, inflict · To what, where: appropriate course, deliberate infliction, harm

This is exam question 4 of lesson 71 «Wild animals, zoos and kindness to 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	5 course	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 course	amod
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 action	case
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 course	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 child	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 witnesses	nsubj
12	witnesses	witness	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 child	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 infliction	det
14	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 infliction	amod
15	infliction	infliction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 witnesses	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 harm	case
17	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 infliction	nmod
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 animal	case
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 animal	det
20	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 harm	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action	for a child	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	witness	present	a child	the deliberate infliction of harm upon a animal		vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent infliction=Beneficiary
3	inflict			harm upon a animal		nom infliction «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Remove the animal to one's own home without informing anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remove	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 home	case
5	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 home	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 one	case
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 home	amod
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remove	obl
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 informing	mark
10	informing	inform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Remove	advcl
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 informing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	imperative	you not said here	the animal		one's own home			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to home=Destination
2	inform speech: other	gerund	you not said here		anyone				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 2

Confront the person responsible and threaten them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confront	confront	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Confront	obj
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Confront	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 threaten	cc
6	threaten	threaten	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Confront	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 threaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confront	imperative	you not said here	the person				responsible property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	threaten	infinitive	you not said here	them = they					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Option 3

Disregard the matter, as animals feel no pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disregard	disregard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 matter	det
3	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disregard	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 feel	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 feel	mark
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feel	nsubj
7	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Disregard	advcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 pain	det
9	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	imperative	you not said here	the matter					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Theme
2	feel	present	animals	no pain					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Inform a trusted adult, who may report it to a welfare organisation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Inform	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 report	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 report	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 report	aux
8	report	report	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 adult	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 report	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 organisation	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 organisation	det
12	welfare	welfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 organisation	compound
13	organisation	organisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 report	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	inform speech: other	imperative	you not said here		a trusted adult	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	report	may	a trusted adult	adult	a welfare organisation	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to organisation=Recipient

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