Exam question 1 · Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a studbook?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 113 «Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen zoos» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 studbook	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 studbook	det
13	studbook	studbook	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the function of a studbook				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

It lists animals available for private purchase

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	2 lists	nsubj
2	lists	list	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lists	obj
4	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lists	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 purchase	case
6	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 purchase	amod
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 available	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list	present	It	animals				available property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It records the parentage, birth, movements and offspring of every animal of a given species in zoos

The tree, 17 words

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	2 records	nsubj
2	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parentage	det
4	parentage	parentage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 records	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 birth	punct
6	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 parentage	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 movements	punct
8	movements	movement	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 parentage	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 offspring	cc
10	offspring	offspring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 parentage	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 animal	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 animal	det
13	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 offspring	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 species	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 species	det
16	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 species	amod
17	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 animal	nmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 zoos	case
19	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 species	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	It	the parentage and birth and movements and offspring of every animal of a given species in zoos					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parentage=Theme
2	give	participle							vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It records the opinions of visitors concerning each animal

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	2 records	nsubj
2	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 opinions	det
4	opinions	opinion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 records	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 visitors	case
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 opinions	nmod
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 visitors	acl
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 animal	det
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	record	present	It	the opinions of visitors	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Theme
2	concern	gerund	visitors not said here	each animal	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer
3	opine			visitors	nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It sets out the feeding regime of a single enclosure

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	2 sets	nsubj
2	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 sets	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 regime	det
5	feeding	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 regime	amod
6	regime	regime	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sets	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 enclosure	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 enclosure	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 enclosure	amod
10	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 regime	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set out	present	It	the feeding regime of a single enclosure					tree rules
2	feed	gerund							vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=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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