Exam question 4 · Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones

Ascertain the phenomenon designated as coral bleaching.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, designate · To what, where: phenomenon

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 phenomenon	det
3	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 phenomenon	acl
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 bleaching	case
6	coral	coral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bleaching	amod
7	bleaching	bleaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 designated	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the phenomenon					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phenomenon=Topic
2	designate	participle		the phenomenon not said here				as coral bleaching	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as bleaching=Attribute

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

The washing of coral by waves of unusual force during violent storms at sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 washing	det
2	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 coral	case
4	coral	coral	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washing	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 waves	case
6	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 washing	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 force	case
8	unusual	unusual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 force	amod
9	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waves	nmod
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 storms	case
11	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 storms	amod
12	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 washing	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 sea	case
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 storms	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash		waves of unusual force	coral			during violent storms at sea		nom washing «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent during=obl
2	wave			unusual force					nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The nightly alteration of coral colour by moonlight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 alteration	det
2	nightly	nightly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 alteration	amod
3	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 colour	case
5	coral	coral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 colour	amod
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alteration	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 moonlight	case
8	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alteration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter		moonlight	coral colour					nom alteration «event transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 3

The growth of new white branches in the spring season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 growth	det
2	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 branches	case
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 branches	amod
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 branches	amod
6	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 growth	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 season	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 season	det
9	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 season	compound
10	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 branches	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow		new white branches in the spring season						nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The expulsion by coral of its algae in excessively warm water, with consequent whitening

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 expulsion	det
2	expulsion	expulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 coral	case
4	coral	coral	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expulsion	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 algae	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 algae	nmod:poss
7	algae	alga	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 coral	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 water	case
9	excessively	excessively	ADV	_	11 water	advmod
10	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 water	amod
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expulsion	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 whitening	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 whitening	case
14	consequent	consequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 whitening	compound
15	whitening	whitening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expulsion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expel		coral of coral's algae			warm water			nom expulsion «act transitive»: by=agent in=place

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