Exam question 4 · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home

Ascertain the requirements of a domestic rabbit in respect of companionship and space.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, require, respect · To what, where: requirements, domestic rabbit, companionship

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 requirements	det
3	requirements	requirement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 rabbit	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rabbit	det
6	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rabbit	amod
7	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requirements	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rabbit	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 companionship	case
11	companionship	companionship	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 space	cc
13	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 companionship	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the requirements of a domestic rabbit in respect of companionship and space	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent requirement=Topic
2	require			a domestic rabbit in respect of companionship and space	nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient
3	respect			companionship and space	nom respect «cognition 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

It requires neither companionship nor exercise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	4 companionship	cc:preconj
4	companionship	companionship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	6 exercise	cc
6	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 companionship	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	companionship nor exercise					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme companionship=Precondition

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It generally requires a rabbit companion and ample space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 requires	nsubj
2	generally	generally	ADV	_	3 requires	advmod
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 companion	det
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 companion	compound
6	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 space	cc
8	ample	ample	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 space	amod
9	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 companion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	a rabbit companion and ample space				generally property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme companion=Precondition

Option 3

It requires solitary confinement in a small and enclosed hutch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solitary	solitary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 confinement	amod
4	confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	10 hutch	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hutch	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hutch	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 enclosed	cc
9	enclosed	enclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 small	conj
10	hutch	hutch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	solitary confinement		a small hutch			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme confinement=Precondition
2	enclose	participle							vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It requires the company of a cat or dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 company	det
4	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 company	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 dog	cc
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	the company of a cat or dog					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme company=Precondition

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