Exam question 1 · Birds and baby animals

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the response of most birds to the handling of their young by humans?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, handle · To what, where: response, young

This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» of the myths 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 response	det
10	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 birds	case
12	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 birds	amod
13	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 response	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 handling	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 handling	det
16	handling	handling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 young	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 young	nmod:poss
19	young	young	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 handling	nmod
20	by	by	ADP	_	21 humans	case
21	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 young	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the response of most birds	of the following statements; to the handling of birds's young by humans; accurately property	tree rules
3	handle		birds's young by humans		nom handling «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They do not abandon the young, their sense of smell being poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 abandon	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 abandon	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 abandon	advmod
4	abandon	abandon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 young	det
6	young	young	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 abandon	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sense	punct
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sense	nmod:poss
9	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 abandon	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 smell	case
11	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 poor	obl
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 poor	cop
13	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sense	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not abandon	present · do-support	They	the young	young's sense obl	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme young=Source
2	is	gerund			of smell; poor property	tree rules
3	sense		young			nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They invariably abandon any young that has been handled by a human

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 abandon	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 abandon	advmod
3	abandon	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 young	det
5	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandon	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 handled	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 handled	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 handled	aux:pass
9	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 young	acl:relcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 human	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 human	det
12	human	human	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 handled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	present	They	any young				invariably property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme young=Source
2	handle	present · perfect · passive	a human	any young					vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

They detect the human scent at great distances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 detect	nsubj
2	detect	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scent	det
4	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 scent	amod
5	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 detect	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 distances	case
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 distances	amod
8	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 detect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect	present	They	the human scent				at great distances	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer scent=Stimulus

Option 4

They abandon the young only if it is handled twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 abandon	nsubj
2	abandon	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 young	det
4	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abandon	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 handled	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 handled	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 handled	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 handled	aux:pass
9	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 abandon	parataxis
10	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 handled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	present	They	the young					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme young=Source
2	handle a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		young				twice property	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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