Exam question 1 · Famous zoos in the USA and the UK

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the word «zoo».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 1 of lesson 116 «Famous zoos in the USA and the UK» 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	11 origin	det
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 word	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 word	det
14	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	nmod
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 zoo	punct
16	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 word	appos
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 zoo	punct
18	.	.	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 origin of the word		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=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

It derives from the cry of a lion

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 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 cry	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cry	det
5	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 lion	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lion	det
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cry	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the cry of a lion			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from cry=Material
2	cry		a lion						nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is an abbreviation of the Zoological Gardens of London

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	4 abbreviation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 abbreviation	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 abbreviation	det
4	abbreviation	abbreviation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 Gardens	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Gardens	det
7	Zoological	Zoological	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Gardens	compound
8	Gardens	Garden	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 abbreviation	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 London	case
10	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Gardens	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a abbreviation				of the Zoological Gardens of London	tree rules

Option 3

It derives from the name of the first keeper of the menagerie

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 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 name	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 keeper	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 keeper	det
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 keeper	amod
9	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 menagerie	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 menagerie	det
12	menagerie	menagerie	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keeper	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the name of the first keeper of the menagerie			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from name=Material
2	name			the first keeper of the menagerie					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is a Latin term denoting an enclosure for captive beasts

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 term	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 term	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 term	det
4	Latin	Latin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 term	amod
5	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	denoting	denote	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 term	acl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 enclosure	det
8	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 denoting	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 beasts	case
10	captive	captive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 beasts	amod
11	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 denoting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a Latin term					tree rules
2	denote	gerund	a Latin term not said here	a enclosure				for captive beasts	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot enclosure=Theme for beast=Attribute

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