Exam question 2 · Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls

Identify the source of the light emitted by the lure of the deep-sea anglerfish.

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

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 source	det
3	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 light	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 light	det
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 source	nmod
7	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 light	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 lure	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lure	det
10	lure	lure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 emitted	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 anglerfish	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 anglerfish	det
13	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sea	amod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 deep	punct
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 anglerfish	compound
16	anglerfish	anglerfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lure	nmod
17	.	.	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 source of the light					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent source=Theme
2	emit	participle		the light not said here				by the lure of the sea anglerfish	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source

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

An organ which stores sunlight during the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 organ	det
2	organ	organ	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 stores	nsubj
4	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 organ	acl:relcl
5	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stores	obj
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stores	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	a organ	sunlight			day		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunlight=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Luminous bacteria resident within the lure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Luminous	Luminous	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 resident	compound
2	bacteria	bacteria	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resident	compound
3	resident	resident	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 lure	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lure	det
6	lure	lure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resident	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Electric discharge from the muscles of the fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 discharge	amod
2	discharge	discharge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 muscles	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 muscles	det
5	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 discharge	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 fish	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fish	det
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 muscles	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Light reflected from the surface of the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reflected	nsubj
2	reflected	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 surface	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 surface	det
5	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reflected	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	past	Light			the surface of the sea			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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