Exam question 2 · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home

Identify the conclusion that may properly be drawn from the observation that a dog's tail is wagging.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, tail · What happens: identify, draw, wag · To what, where: conclusion, observation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conclusion	det
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 drawn	nsubj:pass
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 drawn	aux
6	properly	properly	ADV	_	8 drawn	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 drawn	aux:pass
8	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conclusion	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 observation	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 observation	det
11	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drawn	obl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 wagging	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 dog	det
14	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tail	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 dog	case
16	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wagging	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 wagging	aux
18	wagging	wag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 drawn	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the conclusion			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme
2	draw	may · passive		the conclusion	the observation	properly property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from observation=Initial_Location
3	wag	present · progressive	a dog's tail				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

That the animal is asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 animal	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asleep	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 asleep	cop
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that animal					asleep property	tree rules

Option 2

That the animal is invariably content and may be approached

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 animal	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 content	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 content	cop
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 content	advmod
6	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 approached	cc
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 approached	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 approached	aux:pass
10	approached	approach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 content	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that animal					content, invariably property	tree rules
2	approach	may · passive	that animal not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»

Option 3

That the animal is suffering from fever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 animal	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suffering	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 suffering	aux
5	suffering	suffer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 fever	case
7	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suffering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	present · progressive	that animal			fever			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

None with certainty; the whole demeanour must be considered and the owner consulted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	10 considered	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 certainty	case
3	certainty	certainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 None	nmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 considered	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 demeanour	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 demeanour	amod
7	demeanour	demeanour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 considered	nsubj:pass
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 considered	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 considered	aux:pass
10	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 consulted	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 owner	det
13	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consulted	nsubj
14	consulted	consult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 considered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consider	must · passive		None					vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
2	consult	participle	the owner						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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