Exam question 1 · Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predators and prey

Identify the principal reason for the exceptionally slow movement of the sloth.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, move · To what, where: principal reason, sloth

This is exam question 1 of lesson 142 «Zootopia: real sloths, shrews, predators and prey» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	9 movement	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 movement	det
7	exceptionally	exceptionally	ADV	_	8 slow	advmod
8	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 movement	amod
9	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 sloth	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sloth	det
12	sloth	sloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 movement	nmod
13	.	.	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 reason				for the slow movement of the sloth	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	move			the sloth					nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Its limbs are incapable of rapid motion owing to injury

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 limbs	nmod:poss
2	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 incapable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 incapable	cop
4	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 motion	case
6	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 motion	amod
7	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	obl
8	owing	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 motion	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 injury	case
10	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Its limbs					of rapid motion; incapable property	tree rules
2	owe	gerund	rapid motion not said here					to injury goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to injury=Goal

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Its diet of foliage furnishes very little energy, which it must therefore conserve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 diet	nmod:poss
2	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 furnishes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 foliage	case
4	foliage	foliage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 diet	nmod
5	furnishes	furnish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 little	advmod
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 energy	amod
8	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 furnishes	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 conserve	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 conserve	obj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 conserve	nsubj
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 conserve	aux
13	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	14 conserve	advmod
14	conserve	conserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 energy	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	present	Its diet of foliage	little energy					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Recipient
2	conserve	must	diet	little energy				therefore property	tree rules

Option 3

It is constitutionally disinclined to exertion

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	4 disinclined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disinclined	aux:pass
3	constitutionally	constitutionally	ADV	_	4 disinclined	advmod
4	disinclined	disincline	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 exertion	case
6	exertion	exertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disinclined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disincline	present · passive		It				to exertion; constitutionally property	tree rules

Option 4

It is perpetually drowsy from the consumption of fermented fruit, which it eats in large amounts

The tree, 16 words

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	4 drowsy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 drowsy	cop
3	perpetually	perpetually	ADV	_	4 drowsy	advmod
4	drowsy	drowsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 consumption	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consumption	det
7	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drowsy	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 fruit	case
9	fermented	ferment	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 fruit	amod
10	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consumption	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 eats	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 eats	nsubj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 eats	nsubj
14	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consumption	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 amounts	case
16	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 amounts	amod
17	amounts	amount	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 eats	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		the consumption of fermented fruit	drowsy, perpetually property	tree rules
2	ferment	participle					vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	eat	present	the consumption of fermented fruit		large amounts		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	consume			fermented fruit			nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

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