Exam question 3 · How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocal communication of mice.

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

This is exam question 3 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	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	12 communication	det
11	vocal	vocal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 communication	amod
12	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 mice	case
14	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 communication	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 vocal communication of mice		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus communication=Experiencer
4	communicate		mice			nom communication «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

Mice imitate the vocalisations of cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 imitate	nsubj
2	imitate	imitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vocalisations	det
4	vocalisations	vocalisation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 imitate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cats	case
6	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 vocalisations	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imitate	present	Mice	the vocalisations of cats					vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vocalisation=Theme
2	vocalise			cats					nom vocalisation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Mice communicate in part by ultrasound, inaudible to the human ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 communicate	nsubj
2	communicate	communicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 part	case
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 communicate	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 ultrasound	case
6	ultrasound	ultrasound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 communicate	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 inaudible	punct
8	inaudible	inaudible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ultrasound	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 ear	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ear	det
11	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ear	amod
12	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inaudible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	communicate	present	Mice			part		by ultrasound	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Mice are entirely silent creatures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 creatures	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 creatures	cop
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 silent	advmod
4	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 creatures	amod
5	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Mice	silent creatures					tree rules

Option 4

Mice communicate solely by loud low-frequency calls that humans hear easily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 communicate	nsubj
2	communicate	communicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 communicate	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	9 calls	case
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 calls	amod
6	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 frequency	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 low	punct
8	frequency	frequency	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 calls	compound
9	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 communicate	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 hear	obj
11	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hear	nsubj
12	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 calls	acl:relcl
13	easily	easily	ADV	_	12 hear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	communicate	present	Mice					by loud frequency calls; solely property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hear	present	humans	loud frequency calls				easily property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus

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