Exam question 2 · Animals

It being given that the keeping of animals in zoological gardens is a disputed matter, select the response that is most consistent with a well-reasoned position.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: keeping, response · What happens: give, keep, dispute, be, select · To what, where: It, disputed matter, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 46 «Animals» of the religion ethics 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 matter	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 matter	det
6	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 matter	csubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 animals	case
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keeping	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 gardens	case
10	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 gardens	amod
11	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 animals	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 matter	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 matter	det
14	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 matter	amod
15	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 select	punct
17	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 response	det
19	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 select	obj
20	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 consistent	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 consistent	cop
22	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	23 consistent	advmod
23	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 response	acl:relcl
24	with	with	ADP	_	29 position	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 position	det
26	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	28 reasoned	advmod
27	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 well	punct
28	reasoned	reasoned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 position	amod
29	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 consistent	obl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	keep	gerund			of animals in zoological gardens	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	dispute	participle				vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	keeping	the disputed matter		tree rules
5	select	infinitive		the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
6	is	present	the response		with a reasoned position; consistent 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

The conservation of endangered species is to be weighed against the restriction of the animals' liberty

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conservation	det
2	conservation	conservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weighed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 species	case
4	endangered	endangered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 species	amod
5	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conservation	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 weighed	aux:pass
7	to	to	PART	_	9 weighed	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 weighed	aux:pass
9	weighed	weigh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	against	against	ADP	_	12 restriction	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 restriction	det
12	restriction	restriction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weighed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 liberty	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 animals	det
15	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 liberty	nmod:poss
16	'	's	PART	_	15 animals	case
17	liberty	liberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 restriction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	weigh	present · passive	the conservation of endangered species	against the restriction of the animals's liberty	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
2	conserve		endangered species		nom conservation «event transitive»: of=patient
3	restrict		the animals's liberty		nom restriction «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Zoological gardens are beyond criticism, the animals being incapable of suffering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gardens	amod
2	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 criticism	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 criticism	cop
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	5 criticism	case
5	criticism	criticism	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 incapable	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animals	det
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 incapable	nsubj
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 incapable	cop
10	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 criticism	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 suffering	case
12	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Zoological gardens					beyond criticism	tree rules
2	is a	gerund	the animals	incapable				of suffering	tree rules

Option 3

Zoological gardens are to be abolished forthwith, the matter admitting of no other view

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gardens	amod
2	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 abolished	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 abolished	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 abolished	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 abolished	aux:pass
6	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	6 abolished	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 matter	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 matter	det
10	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 abolished	obl
11	admitting	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 matter	acl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 view	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 view	det
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 view	amod
15	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 admitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	present · passive		Zoological gardens				the matter obl; forthwith property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	admit speech: other	gerund	the matter not said here					of no other view	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The question is to be determined by the personal preference of the most vocal party

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 determined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 determined	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 determined	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 determined	aux:pass
6	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 preference	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 preference	det
9	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 preference	amod
10	preference	preference	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 determined	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 party	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 party	det
13	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	14 vocal	advmod
14	vocal	vocal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 party	amod
15	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 preference	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	the personal preference of the vocal party	the question					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	prefer			the vocal party					nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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