Exam question 2 · Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs

Identify the principal faculty by which avalanche dogs locate persons buried beneath snow.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, avalanche dogs · What happens: identify, locate, bury · To what, where: principal faculty, persons, snow

This is exam question 2 of lesson 140 «Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs» 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	4 faculty	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 faculty	amod
4	faculty	faculty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 dogs	det
7	avalanche	avalanche	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dogs	compound
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 locate	nsubj
9	locate	locate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 locate	obj
11	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 persons	acl
12	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	13 snow	case
13	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 buried	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal faculty		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent faculty=Theme
2	locate	present	which avalanche dogs	persons		tree rules
3	bury	participle		persons not said here	snow	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beneath snow=Destination

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 sense of sight, which penetrates the snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sense	det
2	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 penetrates	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sight	case
4	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sense	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 penetrates	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 penetrates	nsubj
7	penetrates	penetrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snow	det
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 penetrates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	penetrate	present	the sense of sight	the snow					vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Patient
2	sense			sight					nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The sense of hearing, which detects the heartbeat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sense	det
2	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 detects	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 hearing	case
4	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sense	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 detects	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 detects	nsubj
7	detects	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 heartbeat	det
9	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 detects	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect	present	the sense of hearing	the heartbeat					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer heartbeat=Stimulus
2	sense			hearing					nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The sense of touch, which detects warmth through the paws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sense	det
2	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 detects	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 touch	case
4	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sense	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 detects	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 detects	nsubj
7	detects	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 detects	obj
9	through	through	ADP	_	11 paws	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 paws	det
11	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 detects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect	present	the sense of touch	warmth		the paws			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer warmth=Stimulus
2	sense			touch					nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The sense of smell, which detects scent rising through the snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sense	det
2	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 detects	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 smell	case
4	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sense	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 detects	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 detects	nsubj
7	detects	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 detects	obj
9	rising	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 scent	acl
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 snow	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 snow	det
12	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rising	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	detect	present	the sense of smell	scent		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer scent=Stimulus
2	rise	gerund	scent not said here		the snow	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through snow=Location
3	sense			smell		nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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