Exam question 2 · Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones

Identify the consequence which ensues within a clownfish group upon the loss of the female.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, consequence · What happens: identify, ensue · To what, where: consequence, loss

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 ensues	nsubj
5	ensues	ensue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 consequence	acl:relcl
6	within	within	ADP	_	9 group	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 group	det
8	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 group	compound
9	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ensues	obl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 loss	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 loss	det
12	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ensues	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 female	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 female	det
15	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 loss	nmod
16	.	.	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 consequence					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
2	ensue	present	the consequence			the loss of the female		within a clownfish group	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon loss=Location

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 group abandons the anemone in its entirety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandons	nsubj
3	abandons	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 anemone	det
5	anemone	anemone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandons	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 entirety	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 entirety	nmod:poss
8	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandons	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	present	the group	the anemone		group's entirety			vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme anemone=Source

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The largest male undergoes transformation into a female

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 male	det
2	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 male	amod
3	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undergoes	nsubj
4	undergoes	undergo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undergoes	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 female	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 female	det
8	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undergoes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undergo	present	the largest male	transformation		a female			tree rules

Option 3

No further eggs are produced thereafter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 eggs	det
2	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eggs	amod
3	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 produced	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 produced	aux:pass
5	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	5 produced	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive		no further eggs				thereafter property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4

A female is recruited at once from a distant reef

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 female	det
2	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recruited	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 recruited	aux:pass
4	recruited	recruit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 recruited	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 reef	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 reef	det
9	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reef	amod
10	reef	reef	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recruited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recruit	present · passive		a female		a distant reef			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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