Exam question 4 · China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China

Ascertain the arrangement under which giant pandas are ordinarily held in zoos outside China since the 1980s.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, hold · To what, where: arrangement, giant pandas

This is exam question 4 of lesson 60 «China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China» of the history 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 arrangement	det
3	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 held	obl
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pandas	amod
7	pandas	panda	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 held	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 held	aux:pass
9	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	10 held	advmod
10	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 arrangement	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 zoos	case
12	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 held	obl
13	outside	outside	ADP	_	14 China	case
14	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 zoos	nmod
15	since	since	ADP	_	17 1980s	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 1980s	det
17	1980s	1980s	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	10 held	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the arrangement					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrangement=Topic
2	hold	present · passive		giant pandas		the arrangement	since the 1980s	in zoos outside China; ordinarily property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme under which=Location

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

Permanent gifts from China to foreign kings and heads of state

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gifts	amod
2	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 China	case
4	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gifts	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 kings	case
6	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kings	amod
7	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gifts	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 heads	cc
9	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kings	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 state	case
11	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kings	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

Loans from China, with cubs usually returned to China

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loans	loan	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 returned	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 China	case
3	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Loans	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cubs	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 cubs	case
6	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Loans	conj
7	usually	usually	ADV	_	8 returned	advmod
8	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 China	case
10	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	Loans from China and cubs		China			usually property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to china=Result

Option 3

Capture in the wild by foreign zoo expeditions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Capture	capture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 wild	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wild	det
4	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Capture	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 expeditions	case
6	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 expeditions	amod
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expeditions	compound
8	expeditions	expedition	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Capture	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture		foreign zoo expeditions			the wild			nom capture «act transitive»: in=place by=agent

Option 4

Purchase at auction by the highest bidding zoo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 auction	case
3	auction	auction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Purchase	nmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 zoo	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 zoo	det
6	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 zoo	amod
7	bidding	bidding	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 zoo	compound
8	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase		the highest bidding zoo			auction			nom purchase «act transitive»: at=place by=agent

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