Exam question 4 · Kung Fu Panda: real giant pandas and red pandas

Ascertain the reason for which the giant panda does not hibernate.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, giant panda · What happens: ascertain, not hibernate · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 4 of lesson 135 «Kung Fu Panda: real giant pandas and red pandas» 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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hibernate	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 panda	det
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 panda	amod
8	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hibernate	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 hibernate	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 hibernate	advmod
11	hibernate	hibernate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reason	acl:relcl
12	.	.	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 reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	not hibernate	present · do-support	the giant panda					for the reason	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

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

Its food, bamboo, remains available throughout the winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 food	nmod:poss
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remains	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bamboo	punct
4	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 food	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 food	punct
6	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remains	xcomp
8	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	10 winter	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 winter	det
10	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	Its food and bamboo				winter	available property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It hibernates during the summer months instead

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 hibernates	nsubj
2	hibernates	hibernate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	during	during	ADP	_	6 months	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 months	det
5	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 months	compound
6	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hibernates	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 hibernates	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hibernate	present	It				month	instead property	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

Option 3

It is incapable of accumulating any reserve of fat

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	3 incapable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 accumulating	mark
5	accumulating	accumulate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 incapable	advcl
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 reserve	det
7	reserve	reserve	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accumulating	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 fat	case
9	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reserve	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					incapable property	tree rules
2	accumulate	gerund		any reserve of fat					vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent reserve=Theme

Option 4

Its habitat experiences no winter season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 habitat	nmod:poss
2	habitat	habitat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 experiences	nsubj
3	experiences	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 season	det
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 season	compound
6	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 experiences	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	present	Its habitat				season		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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