Exam question 1 · Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, g…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the shape and function of the pupil of the sheep.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, shape

This is exam question 1 of lesson 139 «Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, gazelles, kangaroos» 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 shape	det
11	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 function	cc
13	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shape	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 pupil	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pupil	det
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 function	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 sheep	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sheep	det
19	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 pupil	nmod
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 shape and function of the pupil of the sheep		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shape=Experiencer

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 a vertical slit, like the eye of a cat, adapted for hunting at night

The tree, 16 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 slit	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 slit	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 slit	det
4	vertical	vertical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 slit	amod
5	slit	slit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 eye	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 eye	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eye	det
9	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slit	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 cat	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cat	det
12	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eye	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 adapted	punct
14	adapted	adapt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 slit	acl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 hunting	case
16	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 adapted	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 night	case
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 adapted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a vertical slit					tree rules
2	adapt	participle		a vertical slit not said here			night	for hunting	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is circular and adapted chiefly for the perception of colour

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 circular	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 circular	cop
3	circular	circular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 adapted	cc
5	adapted	adapt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 circular	conj
6	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	5 adapted	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 perception	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 perception	det
9	perception	perception	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 adapted	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 colour	case
11	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 perception	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		circular property	tree rules
2	adapt	participle			for the perception of colour; chiefly property	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	perceive			colour		nom perception «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a horizontal rectangle affording a wide view of the surrounding ground

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 rectangle	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rectangle	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rectangle	det
4	horizontal	horizontal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rectangle	amod
5	rectangle	rectangle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	affording	afford	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 rectangle	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 view	det
8	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 view	amod
9	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 affording	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 ground	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ground	det
12	surrounding	surrounding	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ground	compound
13	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 view	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a horizontal rectangle	tree rules
2	afford	gerund	a horizontal rectangle not said here	a wide view of the surrounding ground	tree rules
3	view			the surrounding ground	nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is star-shaped and adapted for looking upward

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 shaped	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shaped	aux:pass
3	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shaped	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 shaped	punct
5	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 adapted	cc
7	adapted	adapt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 shaped	conj
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 looking	mark
9	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 adapted	advcl
10	upward	upward	ADV	_	9 looking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shape	present · passive	It		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	adapt	participle			vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	look	gerund		upward property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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