Exam question 2 · The city as a habitat

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion that a person is never more than two metres from a rat?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: person · What happens: follow, characteris, be · To what, where: assertion, two metres, rat

This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «The city as a habitat» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 assertion	det
10	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 metres	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 person	det
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 metres	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 metres	cop
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 two	advmod
16	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	18 two	advmod
17	than	than	ADP	_	16 more	fixed
18	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 metres	nummod
19	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 assertion	nmod
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 rat	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 rat	det
22	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 metres	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the assertion		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	is a	present	a person	two metres	a rat		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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a popular myth unsupported by any genuine count

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 myth	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 myth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 myth	det
4	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 myth	amod
5	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	unsupported	unsupport	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 myth	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 count	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 count	det
9	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 count	amod
10	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unsupported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a popular myth					tree rules
2	unsupport	participle		a popular myth not said here				by any genuine count	tree rules

Option 2

It is a scientifically established fact

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	6 fact	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fact	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fact	det
4	scientifically	scientifically	ADV	_	5 established	advmod
5	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fact	amod
6	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	participle						scientifically property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	present	It	a established fact					tree rules

Option 3

It is accurate solely in respect of London

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 accurate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accurate	cop
3	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 accurate	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accurate	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 London	case
8	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			respect of London		accurate, solely property	tree rules
2	respect			London					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is a deliberate understatement of the true distance

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 understatement	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 understatement	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 understatement	det
4	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 understatement	amod
5	understatement	understatement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 distance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 distance	det
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 distance	amod
9	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 understatement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a deliberate understatement				of the true distance	tree rules

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