Exam question 2 · The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life

Identify the principal reason for the annual movement of the wildebeest of the Serengeti.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, move · To what, where: principal reason, wildebeest

This is exam question 2 of lesson 124 «The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 movement	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 movement	det
7	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 movement	amod
8	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 wildebeest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wildebeest	det
11	wildebeest	wildebeest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 movement	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Serengeti	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Serengeti	det
14	Serengeti	Serengeti	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wildebeest	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason				for the annual movement of the wildebeest of the Serengeti	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	move			the wildebeest of the Serengeti					nom movement «act 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

The herds retire to subterranean dens for the winter season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herds	det
2	herds	herd	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 retire	nsubj
3	retire	retire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 dens	case
5	subterranean	subterranean	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dens	compound
6	dens	den	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 retire	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 season	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 season	det
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 season	compound
10	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retire	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retire	present	the herds				season	to subterranean dens	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The herds proceed towards the coast for the purpose of bathing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herds	det
2	herds	herd	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 proceed	nsubj
3	proceed	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	towards	towards	ADP	_	6 coast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coast	det
6	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceed	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 purpose	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purpose	det
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 bathing	case
11	bathing	bathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 purpose	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	present	the herds					towards the coast; for the purpose of bathing	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	purpose		bathing						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The herds pursue the rainfall and the fresh grass which follows it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herds	det
2	herds	herd	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pursue	nsubj
3	pursue	pursue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rainfall	det
5	rainfall	rainfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pursue	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 grass	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grass	det
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 grass	amod
9	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rainfall	conj
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 follows	nsubj
11	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 grass	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 follows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pursue	present	the herds	the rainfall and the fresh grass					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rainfall=Theme
2	follow	present	the fresh grass	grass					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

The herds seek to evade a single predator which pursues them throughout the year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herds	det
2	herds	herd	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seek	nsubj
3	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 evade	mark
5	evade	evade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 seek	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 predator	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 predator	amod
8	predator	predator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 evade	obj
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 pursues	nsubj
10	pursues	pursue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 predator	acl:relcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 pursues	obj
12	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	14 year	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 year	det
14	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pursues	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	seek	present	the herds			tree rules
2	evade not said to happen	to-infinitive	the herds not said here	a single predator		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent predator=Location
3	pursue	present	a single predator	herds = herd	year	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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