Exam question 3 · Animals

Identify the course of action most appropriate where a child discovers an injured wild bird upon the premises.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: identify, discover · To what, where: course, injured wild bird

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 appropriate	advmod
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	advcl
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 discovers	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 discovers	nsubj
11	discovers	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	advcl
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bird	det
13	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bird	amod
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bird	amod
15	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 discovers	obj
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 premises	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 premises	det
18	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 bird	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	discover	present	a child	a injured wild bird				upon the premises	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Topic

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 bird is to be retained indoors and nourished upon bread by the child who found it

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 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 retained	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 retained	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 retained	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 retained	aux:pass
6	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	6 retained	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 nourished	cc
9	nourished	nourish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 retained	conj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 bread	case
11	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nourished	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nourished	obl
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 found	nsubj
16	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 child	acl:relcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		the bird	indoors property	tree rules
2	nourish	participle			upon bread; by the child	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	find	past	the child	bird		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

The bird is to be disregarded, wild creatures being no concern of the finder

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disregarded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 disregarded	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 disregarded	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 disregarded	aux:pass
6	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 concern	punct
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 creatures	amod
9	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 concern	nsubj
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 concern	cop
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 concern	det
12	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disregarded	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 finder	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 finder	det
15	finder	finder	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concern	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	present · passive		the bird					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is a	gerund	wild creatures	no concern				of the finder	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The matter is to be referred to a responsible adult or to an animal rescue service

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 referred	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 referred	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 referred	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 referred	aux:pass
6	referred	refer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 adult	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
9	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 adult	amod
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 referred	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 service	cc
12	to	to	ADP	_	16 service	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 service	det
14	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rescue	compound
15	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 service	compound
16	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 adult	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refer	present · passive		the matter	a responsible adult or a rescue service				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to adult=Recipient

Option 4

The bird is to be launched into the air in order that it may resume flight

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 launched	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 launched	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 launched	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 launched	aux:pass
6	launched	launch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 air	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 air	det
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 launched	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 order	case
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 launched	obl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 resume	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 resume	nsubj
14	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 resume	aux
15	resume	resume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 launched	advcl
16	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 resume	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	launch	present · passive		the bird				into the air result; in order	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into air=Result
2	resume	may	bird	flight					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Eventuality

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