Exam question 3 · Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present status of the South China tiger?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: present status

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 status	det
10	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 status	amod
11	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 tiger	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tiger	det
14	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 China	compound
15	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 tiger	compound
16	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 status	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the present status of the China tiger				of the following statements; accurately property	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 right answer

It has not been observed in the wild for several decades and is maintained in captivity only

The tree, 17 words

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	5 observed	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 observed	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 observed	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 observed	aux:pass
5	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 wild	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wild	det
8	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observed	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 decades	case
10	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 decades	amod
11	decades	decade	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 observed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 maintained	cc
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 maintained	aux:pass
14	maintained	maintain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 observed	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 captivity	case
16	captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 maintained	obl
17	only	only	ADV	_	14 maintained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not observe	present · perfect · passive		It		the wild	decade		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	maintain	present · passive				captivity			vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»

Option 2

It has never existed save in works of art

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	4 existed	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 existed	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 existed	advmod
4	existed	exist	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 save	parataxis
5	save	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 works	case
7	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 save	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 art	case
9	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 works	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not exist	present · perfect · passive		It		tree rules
2	save	present			works of art	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	work		art			nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

It is the most numerous tiger in the wild at the present time, inhabiting every province of China

The tree, 18 words

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	6 tiger	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tiger	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tiger	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 numerous	advmod
5	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tiger	amod
6	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 wild	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wild	det
9	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tiger	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 time	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 time	det
12	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 time	amod
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tiger	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 inhabiting	punct
15	inhabiting	inhabit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 tiger	advcl
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 province	det
17	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 inhabiting	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 China	case
19	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 province	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the numerous tiger		the wild	time		tree rules
2	inhabit	gerund		every province of China					tree rules

Option 4

It inhabits the forests of Africa

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 inhabits	nsubj
2	inhabits	inhabit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 forests	det
4	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inhabits	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Africa	case
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 forests	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inhabit	present	It	the forests of Africa					tree rules

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