Exam question 1 · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Arabian oryx.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Arabian oryx

This is exam question 1 of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» 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 oryx	det
11	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 oryx	amod
12	oryx	oryx	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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 Arabian oryx		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus oryx=Experiencer

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 right answer

It was extirpated in the wild by 1972 and reintroduced in Oman from 1982

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 extirpated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 extirpated	aux:pass
3	extirpated	extirpate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 wild	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wild	det
6	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 extirpated	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 1972	case
8	1972	1972	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 extirpated	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 reintroduced	cc
10	reintroduced	reintroduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 extirpated	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Oman	case
12	Oman	Oman	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 reintroduced	obl
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 1982	case
14	1982	1982	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 reintroduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extirpate	past · passive		It		the wild		by 1972	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	reintroduce	participle				Oman		from 1982	tree rules

Option 2

It has never been absent from the wild

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	5 absent	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 absent	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 absent	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 absent	cop
5	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 wild	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wild	det
8	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 absent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present · perfect	It			the wild		absent property	tree rules

Option 3

It was declared extinct in 2016 following its release in Chad

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 declared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 declared	aux:pass
3	declared	declare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 declared	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 2016	case
6	2016	2016	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 declared	obl
7	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 release	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 release	nmod:poss
9	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 declared	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Chad	case
11	Chad	Chad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 release	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past · passive		It		2016		follow its release in Chad; extinct property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
2	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It was reintroduced to Mongolia from zoo stock in 1927

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 reintroduced	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reintroduced	aux:pass
3	reintroduced	reintroduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Mongolia	case
5	Mongolia	Mongolia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 reintroduced	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 stock	case
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stock	compound
8	stock	stock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reintroduced	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 1927	case
10	1927	1927	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 reintroduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reintroduce	past · passive		It	Mongolia	zoo stock		in 1927	tree rules

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