Exam question 2 · Keeping garden wildlife safe

Select the measure most consistent with the established facts for rendering such a bucket safe to small animals.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, render · To what, where: measure, bucket

This is exam question 2 of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 measure	det
3	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 facts	det
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 rendering	mark
11	rendering	render	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 facts	acl
12	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	14 bucket	det:predet
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bucket	det
14	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rendering	obj
15	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rendering	xcomp
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 animals	case
17	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 animals	amod
18	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 safe	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the measure		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	render	gerund	the established facts not said here	such bucket	safe property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme

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

Adding salt so that animals are deterred from it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adding	add	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Adding	obj
3	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 deterred	mark
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 so	fixed
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 deterred	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 deterred	aux:pass
7	deterred	deter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Adding	advcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 deterred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	gerund		salt					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient
2	deter	present · passive		animals		salt			vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: subject=Beneficiary from it=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Covering it or placing a stick inside so they may climb out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 climb	advcl
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Covering	obj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 placing	cc
4	placing	place	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Covering	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stick	det
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placing	obj
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 placing	advmod
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 climb	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 climb	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 climb	aux
11	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 climb	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cover	gerund	they not said here	it		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination
2	place	gerund	they not said here	a stick	inside property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme
3	climb out	may	they			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Painting it a bright colour so animals can see it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Painting	paint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Painting	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 colour	det
4	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 colour	amod
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Painting	obj
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 see	mark
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 see	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Painting	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	gerund		it					vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent it=Patient colour=Result
2	see	can	animals	colour					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

Filling it to the brim so that animals can float

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Filling	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 float	csubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Filling	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 brim	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brim	det
5	brim	brim	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Filling	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 animals	case
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 so	fixed
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Filling	obl
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 float	aux
10	float	float	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	gerund		it				to the brim; so animals	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	float	can	Filling						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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