Exam question 1 · Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the great white shark.

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 134 «Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls» 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 diet	det
11	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 shark	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shark	det
14	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 shark	amod
15	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 shark	amod
16	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 diet	nmod
17	.	.	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 diet of the great white shark		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus diet=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

It subsists entirely upon marine vegetation

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 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 vegetation	case
5	marine	marine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vegetation	amod
6	vegetation	vegetation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon marine vegetation; entirely property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It subsists principally upon human beings

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 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 beings	case
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 beings	amod
6	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 subsists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon human beings; principally property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It consumes fish, seals and the carcasses of whales

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 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumes	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 seals	punct
5	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fish	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carcasses	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 carcasses	det
8	carcasses	carcass	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fish	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 whales	case
10	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 carcasses	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	It	fish and seals and the carcasses of whales					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Asset

Option 4

It subsists solely upon plankton

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 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 plankton	case
5	plankton	plankton	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon plankton; solely property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

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