Exam question 4 · Sea lions, seals and otters
It is given that four walruses repose upon an ice floe whilst one further walrus joins them. Ascertain the aggregate number of tusks.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: four walruses, one further walrus, you · What happens: give, repose, join, ascertain · To what, where: It, ice floe, them, aggregate number
This is exam question 4 of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» of the biology 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
Sentence 1: It is given that four walruses repose upon an ice floe whilst one further walrus joins them.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 repose | mark |
| 5 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 walruses | nummod |
| 6 | walruses | walrus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 repose | nsubj |
| 7 | repose | repose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 11 floe | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 floe | det |
| 10 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 floe | compound |
| 11 | floe | floe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 repose | obl |
| 12 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 16 joins | mark |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 walrus | nummod |
| 14 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 walrus | amod |
| 15 | walrus | walrus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 joins | nsubj |
| 16 | joins | join | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 repose | advcl |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 joins | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | repose | present | four walruses | a ice floe | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon floe=Location | ||||
| 3 | join | present | one further walrus | them = they | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the aggregate number of tusks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 number | det |
| 3 | aggregate | aggregate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 number | compound |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tusks | case |
| 6 | tusks | tusk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 number | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the aggregate number of tusks | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Eight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Five
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Twelve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Ten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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