Exam question 3 · Owning up when it is hard

Select the reason for which the prompt disclosure of an open cage is of particular importance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, prompt disclosure · What happens: select, be, disclose · To what, where: reason, open cage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 91 «Owning up when it is hard» 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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 importance	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 disclosure	det
7	prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 disclosure	amod
8	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 importance	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 cage	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cage	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cage	amod
12	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disclosure	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 importance	cop
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 importance	case
15	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 importance	amod
16	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is	present	the prompt disclosure of a open cage		of particular importance; for the reason	tree rules
3	disclose			a open cage		nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer

The welfare of an animal may depend upon an immediate search

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 welfare	det
2	welfare	welfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 depend	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 animal	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 welfare	nmod
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 depend	aux
7	depend	depend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 search	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 search	det
10	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 search	amod
11	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 depend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	may	the welfare of a animal					upon a immediate search	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The teacher is obliged to consult surveillance recordings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obliged	aux:pass
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 consult	mark
6	consult	consult	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 obliged	xcomp
7	surveillance	surveillance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recordings	compound
8	recordings	recording	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consult	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		the teacher					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	consult	to-infinitive		surveillance recordings					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recording=Theme

Option 3

The cage must be repaired before the end of the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cage	det
2	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repaired	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 repaired	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 repaired	aux:pass
5	repaired	repair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repaired	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repair	must · passive		the cage			before the end of the day		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The animal is capable of identifying the culpable person upon its return

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	4 capable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 capable	cop
4	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifying	mark
6	identifying	identify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 capable	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
8	culpable	culpable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifying	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 return	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 return	nmod:poss
12	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the animal		capable property	tree rules
2	identify	gerund	the animal not said here	the culpable person	upon animal's return	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme
3	return		animal			nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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