Exam question 2 · Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the jackrabbit?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: jackrabbit
This is exam question 2 of lesson 123 «Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks» 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 | 10 jackrabbit | det |
| 10 | jackrabbit | jackrabbit | NOUN | 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 | the jackrabbit | 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
It is a domesticated rabbit which escaped from a farm and now lives in the wild
The tree, 16 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 | 5 rabbit | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rabbit | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rabbit | det |
| 4 | domesticated | domesticated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rabbit | amod |
| 5 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 escaped | nsubj |
| 7 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rabbit | acl:relcl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 farm | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 farm | det |
| 10 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 escaped | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 lives | cc |
| 12 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 lives | advmod |
| 13 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 escaped | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 wild | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 wild | det |
| 16 | wild | wild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a domesticated rabbit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | escape | past | a domesticated rabbit | a farm | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from farm=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | live | present | a domesticated rabbit not said here | the wild | now | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wild=Location |
Option 2
It is a rabbit which inhabits deep communal burrows
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 | 4 rabbit | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rabbit | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rabbit | det |
| 4 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 inhabits | nsubj |
| 6 | inhabits | inhabit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rabbit | acl:relcl |
| 7 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 burrows | amod |
| 8 | communal | communal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 burrows | compound |
| 9 | burrows | burrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 inhabits | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a rabbit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | inhabit | present | a rabbit | deep communal burrows | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is a species of hare, larger and longer of limb than the rabbit, dwelling above ground
The tree, 17 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 | 4 species | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 species | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 species | det |
| 4 | species | species | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 hare | case |
| 6 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 species | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 larger | punct |
| 8 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 species | amod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 longer | cc |
| 10 | longer | long | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 larger | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 limb | case |
| 12 | limb | limb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 longer | obl |
| 13 | than | than | ADP | _ | 15 rabbit | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 rabbit | det |
| 15 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 longer | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 dwelling | punct |
| 17 | dwelling | dwell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 species | conj |
| 18 | above | above | ADP | _ | 19 ground | case |
| 19 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 dwelling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a species | of hare | tree rules | |||
| 2 | dwell | gerund | ground | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above ground=Location |
Option 4
It is a species of rodent related to the squirrel
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 | 4 species | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 species | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 species | det |
| 4 | species | species | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 rodent | case |
| 6 | rodent | rodent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 species | nmod |
| 7 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 species | amod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 squirrel | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 squirrel | det |
| 10 | squirrel | squirrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 related | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a species | of rodent | tree rules |
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