Exam question 1 · Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myt…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Healesville Sanctuary?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: Healesville Sanctuary

This is exam question 1 of lesson 117 «Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myths put right» 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	Healesville	Healesville	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Sanctuary	compound
10	Sanctuary	Sanctuary	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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		Healesville Sanctuary				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 exhibits exclusively animals of African origin within extensive open-range enclosures

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 exhibits	nsubj
2	exhibits	exhibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 exhibits	advmod
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exhibits	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 origin	case
6	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 origin	amod
7	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 animals	nmod
8	within	within	ADP	_	13 enclosures	case
9	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 enclosures	amod
10	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 range	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 open	punct
12	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 enclosures	compound
13	enclosures	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exhibits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhibit	present	It	animals of African origin				within extensive range enclosures; exclusively property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme animal=Reflexive

Option 2

It is the oldest zoological institution in Japan, having been established in the year 1882

The tree, 15 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	6 institution	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 institution	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 institution	det
4	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 institution	amod
5	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 institution	amod
6	institution	institution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Japan	case
8	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 institution	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 established	punct
10	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 established	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 established	aux:pass
12	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 institution	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 year	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 year	det
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 established	obl
16	1882	1882	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the oldest zoological institution		Japan			tree rules
2	establish	gerund · perfect · passive		the oldest zoological institution not said here			year		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»

Option 3

It is a nocturnal zoo situated in Singapore

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 zoo	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 zoo	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 zoo	det
4	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 zoo	amod
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 zoo	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Singapore	case
8	Singapore	Singapore	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a nocturnal zoo					tree rules
2	situate	participle		a nocturnal zoo not said here		Singapore			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in singapore=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It maintains solely Australian fauna and first bred the platypus in captivity in 1943

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 maintains	nsubj
2	maintains	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 maintains	advmod
4	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fauna	amod
5	fauna	fauna	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 maintains	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bred	cc
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 bred	advmod
8	bred	breed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 maintains	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 platypus	det
10	platypus	platypus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bred	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 captivity	case
12	captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bred	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 1943	case
14	1943	1943	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 bred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	maintain	present	It	Australian fauna				solely property	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent fauna=Theme
2	breed	past		the platypus		captivity		in 1943; first property	tree rules

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