Exam question 1 · Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground sloths, glyptodonts and…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the taxonomic position of Smilodon.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, taxonomic position

This is exam question 1 of lesson 131 «Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground sloths, glyptodonts and dodos» 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 position	det
11	taxonomic	taxonomic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 position	amod
12	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Smilodon	case
14	Smilodon	Smilodon	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 position	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 taxonomic position of Smilodon		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus position=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 · ✓ the right answer

It constituted a separate and extinct branch of the cat family, distinct from the tiger

The tree, 15 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 constituted	nsubj
2	constituted	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 branch	det
4	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 branch	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 extinct	cc
6	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 separate	conj
7	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constituted	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 family	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 family	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 family	compound
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 branch	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 distinct	punct
13	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 constituted	conj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 tiger	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tiger	det
16	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 distinct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	past	It	a separate branch of the cat family					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme branch=Pivot

Option 2

It was an ancestral form of the modern tiger, from which all tigers have descended

The tree, 15 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 form	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
4	ancestral	ancestral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 form	amod
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 tiger	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tiger	det
8	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tiger	amod
9	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 descended	punct
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 descended	obl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 tigers	det
14	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 descended	nsubj
15	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 descended	aux
16	descended	descend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 form	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a ancestral form				of the modern tiger	tree rules
2	descend	present · perfect	all tigers			a ancestral form			vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from which=Location

Option 3

It was a large species of wolf

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 species	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 species	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 species	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 species	amod
5	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 wolf	case
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 species	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a large species				of wolf	tree rules

Option 4

It was a member of the bear family

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 member	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 member	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 member	det
4	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 family	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
7	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 family	compound
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 member	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a member				of the bear family	tree rules

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