Exam question 3 · Pets and farm animals

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the provision of cow's milk to hedgehogs.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, milk · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, provide · To what, where: response, provision

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 provision	det
13	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 milk	case
15	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 milk	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 cow	case
17	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 provision	nmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 hedgehogs	case
19	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the provision of cow's milk	to hedgehogs	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus provision=Experiencer
5	provide		cow's milk			nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=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

It is harmful only when administered warm

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 harmful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmful	cop
3	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 administered	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 administered	advmod
6	administered	administer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmful	advcl
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 administered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmful property	tree rules
2	administer	participle						warm property	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is the most suitable nourishment for wild hedgehogs, especially when warmed

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	6 nourishment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 nourishment	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nourishment	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 suitable	advmod
5	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nourishment	amod
6	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 hedgehogs	case
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hedgehogs	amod
9	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 nourishment	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 warmed	punct
11	especially	especially	ADV	_	13 warmed	advmod
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 warmed	advmod
13	warmed	warm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 nourishment	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the suitable nourishment				for wild hedgehogs	tree rules
2	warm	participle						especially property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is harmful to them; water and meat-based pet food are to be preferred

The tree, 15 words

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 harmful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmful	cop
3	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 harmful	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 water	punct
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 preferred	nsubj:pass
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 food	cc
9	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 based	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 meat	punct
11	based	base	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 food	amod
12	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 food	compound
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	conj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 preferred	aux:pass
15	to	to	PART	_	17 preferred	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 preferred	aux:pass
17	preferred	prefer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmful	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		them = they	harmful property	tree rules
2	base	participle					vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent
3	prefer	present · passive		water and based pet food			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

It is beneficial if provided in small quantities 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	3 beneficial	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 beneficial	cop
3	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 provided	mark
5	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 beneficial	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 quantities	case
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 quantities	amod
8	quantities	quantity	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 provided	obl
9	daily	daily	ADV	_	5 provided	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					beneficial property	tree rules
2	provide a condition, not said to happen	participle				small quantities		daily property	vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition

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