Exam question 3 · Zoos in Australia and around the world, and the year's myt…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the dissemination of animal myths.

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

This is exam question 3 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	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 dissemination	det
11	dissemination	dissemination	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 myths	case
13	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 myths	compound
14	myths	myth	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 dissemination	nmod
15	.	.	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 dissemination of animal myths		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dissemination=Experiencer
4	disseminate			animal myths		nom dissemination «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

They are repeated because they constitute agreeable stories and are seldom verified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 repeated	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 repeated	aux:pass
3	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 constitute	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 constitute	nsubj
6	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 repeated	advcl
7	agreeable	agreeable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stories	amod
8	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 constitute	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 verified	cc
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 verified	aux:pass
11	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	12 verified	advmod
12	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 constitute	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	repeat	present · passive		They		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	constitute	present	they	agreeable stories		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot
3	verify	present · passive	they not said here		seldom property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»

Option 2

They are invariably correct when depicted in animated films

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 correct	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 correct	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 correct	advmod
4	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 depicted	advmod
6	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 correct	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 films	case
8	animated	animated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 films	amod
9	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 depicted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					correct, invariably property	tree rules
2	depict	participle	They not said here			animated films			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They originate exclusively in zoological gardens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 originate	nsubj
2	originate	originate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 originate	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 gardens	case
5	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gardens	amod
6	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 originate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	originate	present	They			zoological gardens		exclusively property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They are disseminated deliberately by scientific institutions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 disseminated	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 disseminated	aux:pass
3	disseminated	disseminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	3 disseminated	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 institutions	case
6	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 institutions	amod
7	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disseminated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disseminate	present · passive	scientific institutions	They				deliberately property	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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