Exam question 2 · Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits

Identify the principal function of the exceptionally large ears of the fennec fox.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 2 of lesson 141 «Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits» 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 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 ears	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ears	det
7	exceptionally	exceptionally	ADV	_	8 large	advmod
8	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ears	amod
9	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 function	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 fox	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fox	det
12	fennec	fennec	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fox	compound
13	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ears	nmod
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 principal function of the large ears of the fennec fox					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme

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 shading of the eyes from solar glare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shading	det
2	shading	shading	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eyes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eyes	det
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shading	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 glare	case
7	solar	solar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 glare	amod
8	glare	glare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eyes	nmod

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

Option 2

The intimidation of larger predators, such as lions, by a sudden display of the ears

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 intimidation	det
2	intimidation	intimidation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 predators	case
4	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 predators	amod
5	predators	predator	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 intimidation	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lions	punct
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 lions	case
8	as	as	ADP	_	7 such	fixed
9	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 predators	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 display	punct
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 display	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 display	det
13	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 display	amod
14	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 intimidation	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 ears	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ears	det
17	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 display	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intimidate			larger predators and lions					nom intimidation «act transitive»: of=patient
2	display			the ears					nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The dissipation of bodily heat and the detection of prey beneath the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dissipation	det
2	dissipation	dissipation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 heat	case
4	bodily	bodily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 heat	amod
5	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissipation	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 detection	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 detection	det
8	detection	detection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heat	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 prey	case
10	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 detection	nmod
11	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	13 sand	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sand	det
13	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissipation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissipate			bodily heat and the detection of prey				beneath the sand	nom dissipation «event transitive»: of=patient beneath=obl
2	detect			prey					nom detection «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The storage of water during periods of drought

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storage	det
2	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 water	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 storage	nmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	6 periods	case
6	periods	period	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 storage	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 drought	case
8	drought	drought	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 periods	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store			water			during periods of drought		nom storage «act transitive»: of=patient during=obl

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