Exam question 1 · Pets and farm animals

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the diet appropriate to a domestic rabbit?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Pets and farm 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 diet	det
10	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 characterises	xcomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 rabbit	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 rabbit	det
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 rabbit	amod
15	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 appropriate	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the diet				of the following statements; accurately, appropriate property	tree rules

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

It consists principally of hay and grass, supplemented by leafy greens

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 hay	case
5	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 grass	cc
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hay	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 supplemented	punct
9	supplemented	supplement	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hay	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 greens	case
11	leafy	leafy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 greens	amod
12	greens	green	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 supplemented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of hay and grass; principally property	tree rules
2	supplement	participle		hay and grass not said here				by leafy greens	tree rules

Option 2

It consists principally of carrots administered daily

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	5 carrots	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 carrots	case
5	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consists	obj
6	administered	administer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 carrots	acl
7	daily	daily	ADV	_	6 administered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It	carrots					tree rules
2	administer	participle		carrots not said here				daily property	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It consists principally of fruit and cereals

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 fruit	case
5	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cereals	cc
7	cereals	cereal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fruit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of fruit and cereals; principally property	tree rules

Option 4

It consists exclusively of bread and milk

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 bread	case
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 milk	cc
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of bread and milk; exclusively property	tree rules

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