Exam question 4 · Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls

Ascertain the manner in which a pelican separates fish from the water collected in its pouch.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pelican · What happens: ascertain, separate, collect · To what, where: manner, fish, water, pouch

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 separates	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pelican	det
7	pelican	pelican	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 separates	nsubj
8	separates	separate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 separates	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 separates	obl
13	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 water	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 pouch	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 pouch	nmod:poss
16	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 collected	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	separate	present	a pelican	fish	the manner	from the water	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent fish=Patient from water=Co-Patient
3	collect	participle		the water not said here	pelican's pouch		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 fish are released and the water retained for drinking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 released	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 released	aux:pass
4	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 retained	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 retained	nsubj
8	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 released	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 drinking	case
10	drinking	drinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present · passive		the fish					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
2	retain	participle	the water					for drinking	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The head is tilted so that the water drains away before the fish are swallowed

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 head	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tilted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tilted	aux:pass
4	tilted	tilt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 drains	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drains	nsubj
9	drains	drain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tilted	advcl
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 drains	advmod
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 fish	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fish	det
13	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drains	obl
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 swallowed	aux:pass
15	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tilted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	tilt	present · passive		the head			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	drain away	present	the water		before the fish	away property	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source
3	swallow	present · passive					vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»

Option 3

The water is swallowed and the fish are subsequently regurgitated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swallowed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swallowed	aux:pass
4	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 regurgitated	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fish	det
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 regurgitated	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 regurgitated	aux:pass
9	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	10 regurgitated	advmod
10	regurgitated	regurgitate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 swallowed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	present · passive		the water					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	regurgitate	present · passive		the fish				subsequently property	vn exhale-40.1.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The water is retained in the pouch for the provision of the young

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retained	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 retained	aux:pass
4	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 pouch	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pouch	det
7	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retained	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 provision	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 provision	det
10	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retained	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 young	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 young	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 provision	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		the water		the pouch		for the provision of the young	tree rules

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