Exam question 1 · Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the social life of the meerkat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, social life

This is exam question 1 of lesson 125 «Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs» 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 life	det
11	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 life	amod
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 meerkat	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 meerkat	det
15	meerkat	meerkat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 life	nmod
16	.	.	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 social life of the meerkat		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus life=Experiencer

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

It lives exclusively in association with a single warthog, with which it shares a burrow for life

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	2 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 lives	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 association	case
5	association	association	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lives	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 warthog	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 warthog	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 warthog	amod
9	warthog	warthog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lives	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 shares	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 shares	obl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 shares	nsubj
14	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lives	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 burrow	det
16	burrow	burrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shares	obj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 life	case
18	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	It			association		with a single warthog; exclusively property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in association=Location
2	share	present	warthog	a burrow				for life	tree rules

Option 2

It lives in solitude, in the manner of the character depicted in the film

The tree, 14 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 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 solitude	case
4	solitude	solitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lives	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 manner	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 manner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lives	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 character	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 character	det
11	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 manner	nmod
12	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 character	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 film	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 film	det
15	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 depicted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	It			solitude		in the manner of the character	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in solitude=Location
2	depict	participle		the character not said here		the film			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It lives in herds numbering many thousands

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 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 herds	case
4	herds	herd	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lives	obl
5	numbering	number	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 herds	acl
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thousands	amod
7	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 numbering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	It			herds			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in herd=Location
2	number	gerund	herds not said here	many thousands					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It lives in groups designated mobs, which may number up to approximately fifty individuals

The tree, 14 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 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 groups	case
4	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lives	obl
5	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 mobs	amod
6	mobs	mob	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lives	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 number	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 number	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 number	aux
10	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mobs	appos
11	up	up	ADP	_	15 individuals	case
12	to	to	PART	_	11 up	fixed
13	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	14 fifty	advmod
14	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 individuals	nummod
15	individuals	individual	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 number	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	live	present	It	designated mobs	groups		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in group=Location
2	designate	participle					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	number	may	designated mobs			up fifty individuals	tree rules

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