Exam question 3 · The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, emus, wallabies and d…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the military operation of 1932 known as the «Emu War».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, know · To what, where: response, military operation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 103 «The Australian walkabout: kangaroos, emus, wallabies and dingoes» 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

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 operation	det
11	military	military	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 operation	amod
12	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 1932	case
14	1932	1932	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 operation	nmod
15	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 1932	acl
16	as	as	ADP	_	20 War	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 War	det
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 War	punct
19	Emu	Emu	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 War	compound
20	War	War	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 known	obl
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 War	punct
22	.	.	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	the military operation of 1932		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus operation=Experiencer
4	know	participle			as the Emu War	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as war=Attribute

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 emus were enlisted to assist the army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 emus	det
2	emus	emu	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 enlisted	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 enlisted	aux:pass
4	enlisted	enlist	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 assist	mark
6	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 enlisted	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 army	det
8	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assist	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enlist	past · passive		the emus					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
2	assist	to-infinitive		the army					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Beneficiary

Option 2

The operation was conducted solely in New Zealand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 operation	det
2	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conducted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 conducted	aux:pass
4	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 conducted	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 Zealand	case
7	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Zealand	flat
8	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 conducted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	past · passive		the operation		New Zealand		solely property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in zealand=Destination

Option 3

The emus were successfully removed from all farms within a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 emus	det
2	emus	emu	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 removed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux:pass
4	successfully	successfully	ADV	_	5 removed	advmod
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 farms	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 farms	det
8	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 removed	obl
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 week	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 week	det
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past · passive		the emus		all farms	week	successfully property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from farm=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Soldiers armed with machine guns largely failed to reduce the emus devouring the wheat crop

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 failed	nsubj
2	armed	arm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Soldiers	acl
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 guns	case
4	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guns	compound
5	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 armed	obl
6	largely	largely	ADV	_	7 failed	advmod
7	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 reduce	mark
9	reduce	reduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 failed	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 emus	det
11	emus	emu	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 reduce	obj
12	devouring	devour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 emus	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 crop	det
14	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 crop	compound
15	crop	crop	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 devouring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	arm	participle		Soldiers not said here	with machine guns	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with gun=Theme
2	fail	past	Soldiers		largely property	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	not reduce	to-infinitive	Soldiers not said here	the emus		vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer emu=Patient
4	devour	gerund	the emus not said here	the wheat crop		vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient

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