Exam question 3 · Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning predation by the domestic cat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, predation

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	predation	predation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 cat	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cat	det
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cat	amod
14	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	predation	by the domestic cat	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus predation=Experiencer

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

It is learnt exclusively from observation of humans

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 learnt	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 learnt	aux:pass
3	learnt	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 learnt	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 observation	case
6	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 learnt	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 humans	case
8	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 observation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present · passive		It		observation of humans		exclusively property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Topic from observation=Source
2	observe			humans					nom observation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It constitutes a deliberate act of malice against its owner

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 act	det
4	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 act	amod
5	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 malice	case
7	malice	malice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 act	nmod
8	against	against	ADP	_	10 owner	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 owner	nmod:poss
10	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a deliberate act of malice				against malice's owner	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme act=Pivot
2	act		malice						nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It proceeds from instinct and not from moral wickedness

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	2 proceeds	nsubj
2	proceeds	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 instinct	case
4	instinct	instinct	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proceeds	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wickedness	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 wickedness	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 wickedness	case
8	moral	moral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wickedness	amod
9	wickedness	wickedness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instinct	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	present	It			instinct and moral wickedness			vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is a symptom of illness requiring treatment

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	4 symptom	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 symptom	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 symptom	det
4	symptom	symptom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 illness	case
6	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 symptom	nmod
7	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 symptom	acl
8	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a symptom				of illness	tree rules
2	require	gerund	a symptom not said here	treatment					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme treatment=Precondition

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