Exam question 3 · Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Przewalski's horse designated Kurt.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, concerning · What happens: select, establish, concern, designate · To what, where: response, horse, Kurt

This is exam question 3 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	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	14 designated	csubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Przewalski	det
11	Przewalski	Przewalski	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 horse	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Przewalski	case
13	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 facts	conj
15	Kurt	Kurt	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 designated	obj
16	.	.	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 Przewalski's horse		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus horse=Experiencer
4	designate	past	concerning	Kurt		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kurt=Theme

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 was born naturally at London Zoo in 1828

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 born	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 born	aux:pass
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	naturally	naturally	ADV	_	3 born	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 Zoo	case
6	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Zoo	compound
7	Zoo	Zoo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 born	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 1828	case
9	1828	1828	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 born	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive		It		London Zoo		in 1828; naturally property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

It was the last wild horse captured in Mongolia in 1969

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	6 horse	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 horse	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horse	det
4	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 horse	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Mongolia	case
9	Mongolia	Mongolia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 captured	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 1969	case
11	1969	1969	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 captured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the last wild horse					tree rules
2	capture	participle		the last wild horse not said here		Mongolia		in 1969	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It was cloned from a fossil recovered in Siberia

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 cloned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cloned	aux:pass
3	cloned	clone	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 fossil	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fossil	det
6	fossil	fossil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cloned	obl
7	recovered	recover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fossil	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Siberia	case
9	Siberia	Siberia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 recovered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clone	past · passive		It		a fossil			tree rules
2	recover	participle		a fossil not said here		Siberia			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was cloned in 2020 from cells cryopreserved in 1980

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 cloned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cloned	aux:pass
3	cloned	clone	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 2020	case
5	2020	2020	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 cloned	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 cells	case
7	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cloned	obl
8	cryopreserved	cryopreserv	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 cells	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 1980	case
10	1980	1980	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 cryopreserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clone	past · passive		It		2020		from cells	tree rules
2	cryopreserv	participle		cells not said here		1980			tree rules

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