Exam question 2 · The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye

Identify the principal reason for which such a procedure is ordinarily undertaken.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, undertake · To what, where: principal reason, procedure

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 undertaken	obl
7	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	9 procedure	det:predet
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 procedure	det
9	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 undertaken	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 undertaken	aux:pass
11	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	12 undertaken	advmod
12	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
13	.	.	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 principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	undertake	present · passive		such procedure				for the principal reason; ordinarily property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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 convenience of the owners in respect of expense and of time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 convenience	det
2	convenience	convenience	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 owners	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 owners	det
5	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 convenience	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 respect	case
7	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owners	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 expense	case
9	expense	expense	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respect	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 time	cc
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 time	case
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 expense	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respect			expense and time					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The relief of pain and suffering which cannot be cured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relief	det
2	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pain	case
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relief	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 suffering	cc
6	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relief	conj
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 cured	nsubj:pass
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 cured	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 cured	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 cured	aux:pass
11	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 relief	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cure	can · passive		the relief of pain and suffering					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source

Option 3

The owners' wish to obtain a younger animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 owners	det
2	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wish	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 owners	case
4	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 obtain	mark
6	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wish	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 animal	det
8	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 animal	amod
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	to-infinitive		a younger animal					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset animal=Theme
2	wish		the owners						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The animal's having reached a fixed statutory age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reached	nsubj:pass
3	's	's	PART	_	2 animal	case
4	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 reached	aux
5	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 age	det
7	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 age	amod
8	statutory	statutory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 age	amod
9	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	gerund · perfect · passive		the animal					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary age=Theme
2	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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