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# Exam question 1 · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

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Identify the principal reason for which the feeding of a household pet must be performed daily without reminder.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, household pet · **What happens:** identify, perform, feed · **To what, where:** principal reason, feeding

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/101-responsibility-independence-curiosity/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the feeding of a household pet must be performed daily without reminder.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feeding	feeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
16	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	without	without	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	reminder	reminder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **perform** | must · passive |  | the feeding of a household pet |  |  |  | for the principal reason; without reminder; daily *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for which=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **feed** |  | a household pet |  |  |  |  |  | nom feeding «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The task is otherwise performed by the animal itself when it becomes hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:e1:o1:1
# text = The task is otherwise performed by the animal itself when it becomes hungry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | present · passive | the animal  task | the task |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | present | task |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Animals require food only upon alternate days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:e1:o2:1
# text = Animals require food only upon alternate days
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	alternate	alternate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Animals | food |  |  | day |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme food=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Reminders are prohibited within most households

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:e1:o3:1
# text = Reminders are prohibited within most households
1	Reminders	reminder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	households	household	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Reminders |  |  |  | within most households | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The animal depends entirely upon the person responsible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:e1:o4:1
# text = The animal depends entirely upon the person responsible
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | the animal |  |  |  |  | upon the person; entirely *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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