Exam question 2 · Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys

Identify the function served by the forked tongue of the snake.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, serve, fork · To what, where: function

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 function	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 tongue	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tongue	det
7	forked	fork	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 tongue	amod
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 served	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 snake	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 snake	det
11	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tongue	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the function		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	serve	participle		the function not said here	by the forked tongue of the snake	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	fork	participle				vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent

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

It is employed principally for the intimidation of enemies, which retreat upon seeing it

The tree, 14 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	3 employed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 employed	aux:pass
3	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	principally	principally	ADV	_	3 employed	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 intimidation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 intimidation	det
7	intimidation	intimidation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 employed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 enemies	case
9	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 intimidation	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 retreat	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 retreat	nsubj
12	retreat	retreat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 enemies	acl:relcl
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	14 seeing	mark
14	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 retreat	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 seeing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		It	for the intimidation of enemies; principally property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for intimidation=Eventuality
2	retreat	present	enemies			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	see	gerund	enemies not said here	intimidation		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
4	intimidate			enemies		nom intimidation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It serves to drink water from the air

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 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 drink	mark
4	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 serves	xcomp
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drink	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It						tree rules
2	drink	to-infinitive		water		the air			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It conveys particles of scent to an organ in the roof of the mouth and indicates their direction

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	2 conveys	nsubj
2	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conveys	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 scent	case
5	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 particles	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 organ	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 organ	det
8	organ	organ	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveys	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 roof	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roof	det
11	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 organ	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 mouth	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mouth	det
14	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 roof	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 indicates	cc
16	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 conveys	conj
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 direction	nmod:poss
18	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 indicates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	It	particles of scent	a organ in the roof of the mouth				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent particle=Topic to organ=Recipient
2	indicate	present		particles's direction					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot direction=Topic

Option 4

It serves to capture flying insects in the manner of a frog

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 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 capture	mark
4	capture	capture	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 serves	xcomp
5	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 insects	amod
6	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 capture	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 capture	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 frog	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 frog	det
12	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 manner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	serve	present	It			tree rules
2	capture	to-infinitive		flying insects	the manner of a frog	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Theme
3	fly	gerund				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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