Exam question 2 · Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like

Identify the manner in which the domestic pig supports its weight in walking.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, domestic pig · What happens: identify, support · To what, where: manner, weight, walking

This is exam question 2 of lesson 138 «Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like» 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 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 supports	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pig	det
7	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pig	amod
8	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 supports	nsubj
9	supports	support	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 weight	nmod:poss
11	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 supports	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 walking	case
13	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 supports	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	support	present	the domestic pig	pig's weight		walking			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer weight=Stimulus

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

Upon the knees of the forelimbs and the hind feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 knees	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 knees	det
3	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 forelimbs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forelimbs	det
6	forelimbs	forelimb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 knees	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feet	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feet	det
9	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feet	amod
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 forelimbs	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Upon four limbs, bearing its weight on the tips of two hoofed toes on each foot

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 limbs	case
2	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 limbs	nummod
3	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bearing	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 limbs	punct
5	bearing	bear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 weight	nmod:poss
7	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bearing	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 tips	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tips	det
10	tips	tip	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bearing	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 toes	case
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 toes	nummod
13	hoofed	hoof	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 toes	amod
14	toes	toe	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tips	nmod
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 foot	case
16	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	17 foot	det
17	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 toes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	gerund		its weight		the tips of two hoofed toes on each foot		upon four limbs	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Patient
2	hoof	participle							tree rules

Option 3

Upon four flat paws provided with claws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	4 paws	case
2	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 paws	nummod
3	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 paws	amod
4	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 paws	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 claws	case
7	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 provided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	participle		four flat paws not said here				with claws	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with claw=Theme

Option 4

Upon the two hind limbs in the manner of a human being, the forelimbs being held aloft

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	5 limbs	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 limbs	det
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 limbs	nummod
4	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 limbs	amod
5	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 manner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 limbs	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	15 forelimbs	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 forelimbs	det
11	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 forelimbs	amod
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 forelimbs	cop
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 forelimbs	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 forelimbs	det
15	forelimbs	forelimb	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 manner	nmod
16	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 held	aux:pass
17	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 forelimbs	acl
18	aloft	aloft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 held	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						of a human forelimbs	tree rules
2	hold	gerund · passive		a human forelimbs not said here				aloft property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»

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