Exam question 1 · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dietary preferences of the house mouse?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, prefer · To what, where: dietary preferences, house mouse

This is exam question 1 of lesson 118 «Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 preferences	det
10	dietary	dietary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 preferences	amod
11	preferences	preference	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 mouse	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mouse	det
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mouse	compound
15	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 preferences	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the dietary preferences of the house mouse	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	prefer		the house mouse		nom preference «feeling 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

It consumes exclusively animal flesh

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 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 consumes	advmod
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flesh	compound
5	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	It	animal flesh				exclusively property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It prefers seeds, grain, nuts and sweet foods, and consumes cheese only occasionally

The tree, 13 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	2 prefers	nsubj
2	prefers	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefers	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grain	punct
5	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeds	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 nuts	punct
7	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seeds	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 foods	cc
9	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 foods	amod
10	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seeds	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 consumes	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 consumes	cc
13	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 prefers	conj
14	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 consumes	obj
15	only	only	ADV	_	16 occasionally	advmod
16	occasionally	occasionally	ADV	_	13 consumes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	It	seeds and grain and nuts and sweet foods					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seed=Stimulus
2	consume	present		cheese				occasionally property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Asset

Option 3

It subsists principally upon cheese of the variety containing holes

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 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 cheese	case
5	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsists	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 variety	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 variety	det
8	variety	variety	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cheese	nmod
9	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 variety	acl
10	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 containing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon cheese of the variety; principally property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	contain	gerund	the variety not said here	holes					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hole=Theme

Option 4

It requires no nourishment whatsoever

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 nourishment	det
4	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 requires	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	no nourishment				whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nourishment=Precondition

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