Exam question 4 · Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits
Ascertain the response of a wild rabbit upon first detecting danger.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wild rabbit · What happens: ascertain, detect · To what, where: response, danger
This is exam question 4 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | 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 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 rabbit | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rabbit | det |
| 6 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 rabbit | amod |
| 7 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 response | nmod |
| 8 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 10 detecting | mark |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 detecting | advmod |
| 10 | detecting | detect | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 rabbit | acl |
| 11 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 detecting | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the response of a wild rabbit | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic | ||||
| 2 | detect | gerund | a wild rabbit not said here | danger | first property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer danger=Stimulus |
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 feigns death by lying upon its back
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 | 2 feigns | nsubj |
| 2 | feigns | feign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feigns | obj |
| 4 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 5 lying | mark |
| 5 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 feigns | advcl |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 back | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 back | nmod:poss |
| 8 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feign | present | It | death | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Patient | ||||
| 2 | lie | gerund | death's back | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon back=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It remains motionless or flees at speed in a zigzag course
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 | 2 remains | nsubj |
| 2 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | motionless | motionless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 remains | xcomp |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 flees | cc |
| 5 | flees | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 remains | conj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 speed | case |
| 7 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flees | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 course | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 course | det |
| 10 | zigzag | zigzag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 course | compound |
| 11 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flees | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | present | It | motionless property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | flee | present | speed | in a zigzag course | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
It summons other species to its assistance by means of loud and repeated cries
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 | 2 summons | nsubj |
| 2 | summons | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 species | amod |
| 4 | species | species | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 summons | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 assistance | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 assistance | nmod:poss |
| 7 | assistance | assistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 summons | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 means | case |
| 9 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 summons | parataxis |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 cries | case |
| 11 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 cries | amod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 repeated | cc |
| 13 | repeated | repeat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 loud | conj |
| 14 | cries | cry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 means | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | summon | present | It | other species | to its assistance | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=Recipient | |||
| 2 | mean | present | of loud cries | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | repeat | participle | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 4 | assist | its = it | nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
It advances upon the source of danger
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 | 2 advances | nsubj |
| 2 | advances | advance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 source | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 source | det |
| 5 | source | source | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 advances | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 danger | case |
| 7 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 source | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | advance | present | It | upon the source of danger | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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