Exam question 1 · Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the protection of the clownfish from the stinging tentacles of its host.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, sting, protect · To what, where: response, protection, clownfish

This is exam question 1 of lesson 132 «Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones» 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	11 protection	det
11	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 clownfish	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 clownfish	det
14	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 protection	nmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	18 tentacles	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tentacles	det
17	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 tentacles	amod
18	tentacles	tentacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 clownfish	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 host	case
20	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 host	nmod:poss
21	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tentacles	nmod
22	.	.	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 protection of the clownfish from the stinging tentacles of protection's host		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus protection=Experiencer
4	sting	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	protect			the clownfish from the stinging tentacles of protection's host		nom protection «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 · ← Mova's choice

The fish is protected by an external shell of considerable hardness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 protected	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 protected	aux:pass
4	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 shell	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shell	det
7	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shell	amod
8	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 protected	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 hardness	case
10	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hardness	amod
11	hardness	hardness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shell	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present · passive	a external shell of considerable hardness	the fish					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

Option 2

The anemone voluntarily refrains from feeding during daylight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 anemone	det
2	anemone	anemone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refrains	nsubj
3	voluntarily	voluntarily	ADV	_	4 refrains	advmod
4	refrains	refrain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 feeding	mark
6	feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 refrains	advcl
7	during	during	ADP	_	8 daylight	case
8	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feeding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refrain	present	the anemone					voluntarily property	vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	feed	gerund	the anemone not said here				during daylight		vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A layer of mucus upon the skin of the fish prevents the discharge of the stings

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 layer	det
2	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prevents	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 mucus	case
4	mucus	mucus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 layer	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 skin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skin	det
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 layer	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 fish	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fish	det
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skin	nmod
11	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 discharge	det
13	discharge	discharge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prevents	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 stings	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stings	det
16	stings	sting	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 discharge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	a layer of mucus upon the skin of the fish	the discharge of the stings					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer discharge=Theme
2	discharge			the stings					nom discharge «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The fish evades each sting by superior speed of movement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 evades	nsubj
3	evades	evade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 sting	det
5	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 evades	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 speed	case
7	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 speed	amod
8	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 evades	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 movement	case
10	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 speed	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evade	present	the fish	each sting				by superior speed of movement	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent sting=Location

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