Exam question 4 · Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep, ponies, parrots, g…

Ascertain the behaviour designated as pronking or stotting in the gazelle.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, designate, pronk, stott · To what, where: behaviour

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 behaviour	det
3	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 behaviour	acl
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 pronking	mark
6	pronking	pronk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 designated	advcl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 stotting	cc
8	stotting	stott	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 pronking	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 gazelle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gazelle	det
11	gazelle	gazelle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stotting	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the behaviour		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent behaviour=Topic
2	designate	participle		the behaviour not said here		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	pronk	gerund				tree rules
4	stott	gerund			in the gazelle	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

Running in circles in order to confuse the predator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 circles	case
3	circles	circle	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Running	obl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 order	case
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Running	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 confuse	mark
7	confuse	confuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Running	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 predator	det
9	predator	predator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 confuse	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund				circles		in order	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory
2	confuse	to-infinitive		the predator					vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent predator=Patient

Option 2

Uttering a loud and repeated cry in order to summon the remainder of the herd to its aid

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uttering	utter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cry	det
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cry	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 repeated	cc
5	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 loud	conj
6	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Uttering	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cry	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 summon	mark
10	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Uttering	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 remainder	det
12	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 summon	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 herd	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 herd	det
15	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 remainder	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 aid	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 aid	nmod:poss
18	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 summon	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	utter speech: other	gerund	a loud cry	order		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cry=Topic
2	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	summon	to-infinitive	the remainder of the herd		to herd's aid	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remainder=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Leaping high upon stiff legs, which may signal to a predator that pursuit would be futile

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaping	leap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 futile	csubj
2	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leaping	xcomp
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 legs	case
4	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 legs	amod
5	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Leaping	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 signal	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 signal	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 signal	aux
9	signal	signal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 legs	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 predator	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 predator	det
12	predator	predator	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 signal	obl
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 pursuit	det
14	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 predator	nmod:unmarked
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 futile	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 futile	cop
17	futile	futile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	leap	gerund			stiff legs	high property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon leg=Trajectory
2	signal speech: other	may	stiff legs	a predator that pursuit			vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to predator=Recipient
3	is	would	Leaping			futile property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Lying motionless in the grass in order to escape notice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Lying	xcomp
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 grass	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grass	det
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 escape	mark
9	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Lying	advcl
10	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 escape	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund				the grass		in order; motionless property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location
2	escape	to-infinitive		notice					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme notice=Initial_Location

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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