Exam question 2 · The Asian forest area: giant pandas, red pandas, tapirs an…

Identify the nature of the so-called thumb of the giant panda.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, call · To what, where: nature · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 107 «The Asian forest area: giant pandas, red pandas, tapirs and sun bears» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 thumb	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thumb	det
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 called	advmod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 so	punct
8	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 thumb	amod
9	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 panda	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 panda	det
12	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 panda	amod
13	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thumb	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the nature of the called thumb of the giant panda					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme
2	call	participle							vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

A hardened pad of skin without any bone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pad	det
2	hardened	harden	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pad	amod
3	pad	pad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 skin	case
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pad	nmod
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 bone	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 bone	det
8	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pad	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harden	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

An additional finger acquired anew each year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 finger	det
2	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 finger	amod
3	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquired	nsubj
4	acquired	acquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	anew	anew	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 acquired	xcomp
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquired	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	past	a additional finger				year	anew property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An elongated bone of the wrist which assists in grasping stems of bamboo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bone	det
2	elongated	elongate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bone	amod
3	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 wrist	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wrist	det
6	wrist	wrist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bone	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 assists	nsubj
8	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bone	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 stems	case
10	grasping	grasp	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 stems	amod
11	stems	stem	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 assists	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 bamboo	case
13	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stems	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	elongate	participle				tree rules
2	assist	present	a elongated bone of the wrist		grasping stems of bamboo	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	grasp	gerund				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	stem			bamboo		nom stem «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A true opposable thumb identical in every respect to that of man and the ape

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thumb	det
2	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thumb	amod
3	opposable	opposable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thumb	amod
4	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thumb	amod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 respect	det
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thumb	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 that	case
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 respect	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 man	case
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 respect	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ape	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ape	det
15	ape	ape	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thumb	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respect			man				to that	nom respect «cognition transitive»: to=obl of=patient

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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