Exam question 3 · Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sea anemone?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: sea anemone

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 anemone	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 anemone	compound
11	anemone	anemone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the sea anemone				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 is an animal related to jellyfish and corals which captures prey by means of stinging tentacles

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	4 animal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 animal	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animal	amod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 jellyfish	case
7	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 related	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 corals	cc
9	corals	coral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 jellyfish	conj
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 captures	nsubj
11	captures	capture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 animal	parataxis
12	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 captures	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 means	case
14	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 captures	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 tentacles	case
16	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 tentacles	amod
17	tentacles	tentacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a animal		tree rules
2	capture	present	a animal	prey		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Theme
3	mean	present	a animal not said here		of stinging tentacles	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	sting	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It is a mineral formation produced by coral polyps

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 formation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 formation	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 formation	det
4	mineral	mineral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 formation	amod
5	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 formation	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 polyps	case
8	coral	coral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 polyps	amod
9	polyps	polyp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a mineral formation					tree rules
2	produce	participle		a mineral formation not said here				by coral polyps	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is a variety of seaweed which manufactures food from light

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 variety	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 variety	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 variety	det
4	variety	variety	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 seaweed	case
6	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 variety	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 manufactures	nsubj
8	manufactures	manufacture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 variety	acl:relcl
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 manufactures	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 light	case
11	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 manufactures	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a variety				of seaweed	tree rules
2	manufacture	present	a variety	food		light			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent food=Result from light=Material

Option 4

It is a flowering plant of the sea floor which requires pollination

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 plant	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 plant	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 plant	det
4	flowering	flowering	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 plant	amod
5	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 floor	compound
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plant	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 requires	nsubj
11	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 plant	parataxis
12	pollination	pollination	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a flowering plant				of the sea floor	tree rules
2	require	present	a flowering plant	pollination					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pollination=Precondition

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