Exam question 2 · Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»

Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence upon encountering a deceased wild animal upon the highway.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, prudence · What happens: identify, encounter, decease · To what, where: course, deceased wild animal

This is exam question 2 of lesson 57 «Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»» 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 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	parataxis
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 prudence	case
9	prudence	prudence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 encountering	mark
11	encountering	encounter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 prudence	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 animal	det
13	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 animal	amod
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 animal	amod
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 encountering	obj
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 highway	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 highway	det
18	highway	highway	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 animal	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	encounter	gerund	prudence not said here	a deceased wild animal	upon the highway	vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus
3	decease	participle				vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

Examining the carcass closely for amusement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Examining	examine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 carcass	det
3	carcass	carcass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Examining	obj
4	closely	closely	ADV	_	1 Examining	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 amusement	case
6	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Examining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	examine	gerund		the carcass				for amusement; closely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent carcass=Theme for amusement=Attribute

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Refraining from contact and informing an adult where necessary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refraining	refrain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 contact	case
3	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Refraining	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 informing	cc
5	informing	inform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Refraining	conj
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 adult	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 informing	obj
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 necessary	advmod
9	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 adult	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refrain	gerund				contact			vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from contact=Eventuality
2	inform speech: other	gerund			a adult				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 3

Disposing of the carcass in a household refuse bin by hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disposing	dispose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 carcass	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 carcass	det
4	carcass	carcass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disposing	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 bin	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bin	det
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 refuse	compound
8	refuse	refuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bin	compound
9	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disposing	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 hand	case
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disposing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispose	gerund				a refuse bin		of the carcass; by hand	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Removing the carcass by hand to a domestic garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Removing	remove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 carcass	det
3	carcass	carcass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Removing	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 hand	case
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Removing	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 garden	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 garden	det
8	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 garden	amod
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Removing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	gerund		the carcass		a domestic garden		by hand	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent carcass=Theme to garden=Destination

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