Exam question 1 · Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the concealment afforded by the coloration of the tiger.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, afford · To what, where: response, concealment

This is exam question 1 of lesson 136 «Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes» 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 concealment	det
11	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	afforded	afford	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 concealment	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 coloration	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 coloration	det
15	coloration	coloration	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 afforded	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 tiger	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tiger	det
18	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 coloration	nmod
19	.	.	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 concealment		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus concealment=Experiencer
4	afford	participle		the concealment not said here	by the coloration of the tiger	tree rules

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 prey animals of the tiger are without the faculty of sight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animals	det
2	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 animals	compound
3	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 faculty	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 tiger	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tiger	det
6	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 animals	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 faculty	cop
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 faculty	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 faculty	det
10	faculty	faculty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 sight	case
12	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 faculty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the prey animals of the tiger					without the faculty; of sight	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Deer are unable to distinguish orange from green, so that the coat appears to them as a dull green

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	cop
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 distinguish	mark
5	distinguish	distinguish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	orange	orange	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 distinguish	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 green	case
8	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 distinguish	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 appears	punct
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 appears	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 coat	det
13	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 appears	nsubj
14	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 appears	obl
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 green	mark
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 green	det
19	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 green	amod
20	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 appears	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Deer			unable property	tree rules
2	distinguish	to-infinitive	Deer not said here	orange		from green	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent orange=Theme from green=Co-Theme
3	appear	present	the coat		Deer		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Concealment is obtained exclusively during the hours of darkness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obtained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obtained	aux:pass
3	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 obtained	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 hours	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hours	det
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obtained	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 darkness	case
9	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	present · passive		Concealment			hour	exclusively property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The coat of the tiger alters to green during the hunt, in the manner of a chameleon

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coat	det
2	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 alters	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 tiger	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tiger	det
5	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coat	nmod
6	alters	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 green	case
8	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 alters	obl
9	during	during	ADP	_	11 hunt	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hunt	det
11	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 alters	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 manner	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 manner	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 manner	det
15	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 alters	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 chameleon	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 chameleon	det
18	chameleon	chameleon	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 manner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present	the coat of the tiger			the manner of a chameleon	during the hunt	to green	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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