Exam question 1 · Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the capacity of monkeys to suspend themselves by the tail.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, suspend · To what, where: response, capacity, monkeys

This is exam question 1 of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» 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 capacity	det
11	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 monkeys	case
13	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 capacity	nmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 suspend	mark
15	suspend	suspend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 concerning	advcl
16	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 suspend	obj
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 tail	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tail	det
19	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 suspend	obl
20	.	.	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 capacity of monkeys		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus capacity=Experiencer
4	suspend	to-infinitive	the established facts not said here	monkeys = monkey	by the tail	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme by tail=Destination

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

This capacity is characteristic of the monkeys of China, the golden monkey above all

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 capacity	det
2	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characteristic	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 characteristic	cop
4	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 monkeys	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 monkeys	det
7	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 characteristic	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 China	case
9	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 monkeys	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 monkey	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 monkey	det
12	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 monkey	amod
13	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characteristic	appos
14	above	above	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 monkey	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this capacity	characteristic				of the monkeys of China	tree rules

Option 2

This capacity is confined to the monkeys of Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 capacity	det
2	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 confined	aux:pass
4	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 monkeys	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 monkeys	det
7	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confined	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Africa	case
9	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 monkeys	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		this capacity	the monkeys of Africa				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to monkey=Destination

Option 3

All monkeys possess this capacity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 monkeys	det
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 possess	nsubj
3	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 capacity	det
5	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possess	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	all monkeys	this capacity					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot capacity=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

This capacity is confined to certain monkeys of Central and South America

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 capacity	det
2	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 confined	aux:pass
4	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 monkeys	case
6	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 monkeys	amod
7	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confined	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Central	case
9	Central	Central	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 monkeys	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 South	cc
11	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Central	conj
12	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 South	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		this capacity	certain monkeys of Central and South				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to monkey=Destination

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