Exam question 2 · Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes

Identify the vocalisation by which tigers are observed to greet one another in an amicable manner.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, vocalisation · What happens: identify, observe, greet · To what, where: vocalisation, tigers, one, amicable manner

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vocalisation	det
3	vocalisation	vocalisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 observed	obl
6	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 observed	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 observed	aux:pass
8	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 vocalisation	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 greet	mark
10	greet	greet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 observed	advcl
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 greet	obj
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 one	fixed
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 manner	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 manner	det
15	amicable	amicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 manner	amod
16	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 greet	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the vocalisation		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent vocalisation=Theme
2	observe	present · passive	the vocalisation	tigers		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
3	greet speech: greet	to-infinitive	the vocalisation not said here	one	a amicable manner	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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

A soft puffing sound designated as chuffing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sound	det
2	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sound	amod
3	puffing	puffing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sound	compound
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sound	acl
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 chuffing	case
7	chuffing	chuffing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 designated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	participle		a soft puffing sound not said here				as chuffing	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as chuffing=Attribute

Option 2

Continuous purring after the manner of the domestic cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continuous	Continuous	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	purring	purr	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Continuous	acl
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 manner	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 manner	det
5	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 purring	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 cat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cat	det
8	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cat	amod
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 manner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purr	gerund	Continuous not said here				after the manner of the domestic cat		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A prolonged and loud roar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 roar	det
2	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 roar	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 loud	cc
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 prolonged	conj
5	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A repeated barking sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sound	det
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sound	amod
3	barking	barking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sound	compound
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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