Exam question 2 · How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reproductive capacity of the house mouse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: reproductive capacity

This is exam question 2 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» 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 capacity	det
10	reproductive	reproductive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 capacity	amod
11	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	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 capacity	nmod
16	?	?	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		the reproductive capacity of the house mouse				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

The house mouse reproduces solely by division

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mouse	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mouse	compound
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reproduces	nsubj
4	reproduces	reproduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 reproduces	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 division	case
7	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reproduces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reproduce	present	the house mouse					by division; solely property	vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Young mice are independent from the moment of birth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mice	amod
2	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 independent	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 independent	cop
4	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 moment	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moment	det
7	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 independent	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 birth	case
9	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Young mice				moment	independent property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A female may produce litters of approximately six to eight young every few weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 female	det
2	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 produce	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 produce	aux
4	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	litters	litter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 produce	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 young	case
7	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	8 six	advmod
8	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 young	nummod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 eight	case
10	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 six	nmod
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 litters	nmod
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 weeks	det
13	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 weeks	amod
14	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 produce	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	may	a female	litters of six young			week		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Result

Option 4

A female produces a single offspring once in her lifetime, after a long pregnancy of a year

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 female	det
2	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produces	nsubj
3	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 offspring	det
5	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 offspring	amod
6	offspring	offspring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produces	obj
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 produces	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lifetime	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 lifetime	nmod:poss
10	lifetime	lifetime	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produces	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pregnancy	punct
12	after	after	ADP	_	15 pregnancy	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pregnancy	det
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pregnancy	amod
15	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produces	parataxis
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 year	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 year	det
18	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pregnancy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	a female	a single offspring		female's lifetime		once property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offspring=Result

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