Exam question 1 · The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the procedure termed «putting to sleep» when performed upon a suffering animal by a veterinary surgeon?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: procedure · What happens: follow, characteris, term, put, sleep, perform

This is exam question 1 of lesson 56 «The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye» 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	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 procedure	det
10	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 termed	nsubj
11	termed	term	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	ccomp
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 putting	punct
13	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 termed	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 sleep	mark
15	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 putting	xcomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 putting	punct
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 performed	advmod
18	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 putting	advcl
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	22 animal	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 animal	det
21	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 animal	compound
22	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 performed	obl
23	by	by	ADP	_	26 surgeon	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 surgeon	det
25	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 surgeon	compound
26	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 performed	obl
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	term	past	the procedure		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	put in a quote	gerund	the procedure not said here		tree rules
5	sleep in a quote	to-infinitive	the procedure not said here		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	perform	participle	the procedure not said here	upon a suffering animal; by a veterinary surgeon	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=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

The removal of the animal to a sanctuary in the countryside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 animal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 sanctuary	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sanctuary	det
8	sanctuary	sanctuary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 animal	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 countryside	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 countryside	det
11	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sanctuary	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			the animal to a sanctuary in the countryside					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The induction of a temporary sleep from which the animal recovers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 induction	det
2	induction	induction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 recovers	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 sleep	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sleep	det
5	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sleep	amod
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induction	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 animal	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 animal	det
10	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sleep	appos
11	recovers	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover	present	the induction of a temporary sleep						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	induct			a temporary sleep					nom induction «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The bringing about of a peaceful death by injection, from which the animal does not awaken

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 bringing	det
2	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	7 death	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 death	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 death	det
6	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 death	amod
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bringing	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 injection	case
9	injection	injection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bringing	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 awaken	punct
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 awaken	obl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 animal	det
14	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 awaken	nsubj
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 awaken	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 awaken	advmod
17	awaken	awaken	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bringing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund						about a peaceful death; by injection	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
2	not awaken	present · do-support	the animal						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A form of punishment for undesirable behaviour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 form	det
2	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 punishment	case
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 form	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 behaviour	case
6	undesirable	undesirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 behaviour	amod
7	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form			punishment				for undesirable behaviour	nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient for=obl

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