Exam question 4 · Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls
Ascertain the composition and renewal of the antlers of deer.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, renew · To what, where: composition, antlers
This is exam question 4 of lesson 143 «Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls» 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 composition | det |
| 3 | composition | composition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 renewal | cc |
| 5 | renewal | renewal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 composition | conj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 antlers | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 antlers | det |
| 8 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 renewal | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 deer | case |
| 10 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 antlers | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | 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 composition and renewal of the antlers of deer | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent composition=Topic | ||||
| 2 | renew | the antlers of deer | nom renewal «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 · ✓ the right answer
They consist of bone and are shed and regrown annually
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 consist | nsubj |
| 2 | consist | consist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 bone | case |
| 4 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 consist | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 shed | cc |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 shed | aux:pass |
| 7 | shed | shed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 consist | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 regrown | cc |
| 9 | regrown | regrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 shed | conj |
| 10 | annually | annually | ADV | _ | 9 regrown | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consist | present | They | of bone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shed | present · passive | They not said here | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 3 | regrow | participle | They not said here | annually property | tree rules |
Option 2
They consist of hair and are retained for life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 consist | nsubj |
| 2 | consist | consist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 hair | case |
| 4 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 consist | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 retained | cc |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 retained | aux:pass |
| 7 | retained | retain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 consist | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 life | case |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 retained | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consist | present | They | of hair | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | retain | present · passive | They not said here | for life | tree rules |
Option 3
They consist of horn, like those of cattle, and grow without cessation throughout the life of the animal
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 consist | nsubj |
| 2 | consist | consist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 horn | case |
| 4 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 consist | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 those | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 those | case |
| 7 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 consist | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 cattle | case |
| 9 | cattle | cattle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 those | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 grow | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 grow | cc |
| 12 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 consist | conj |
| 13 | without | without | ADP | _ | 14 cessation | case |
| 14 | cessation | cessation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 grow | obl |
| 15 | throughout | throughout | ADP | _ | 17 life | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 life | det |
| 17 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 grow | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 animal | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 animal | det |
| 20 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 life | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consist | present | They | of horn | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | infinitive | They not said here | the life of the animal | without cessation | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme throughout life=Location |
Option 4
They consist of teeth projecting from the skull
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 consist | nsubj |
| 2 | consist | consist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 teeth | case |
| 4 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 consist | obl |
| 5 | projecting | project | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 teeth | acl |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 skull | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 skull | det |
| 8 | skull | skull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 projecting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consist | present | They | of teeth | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | project | gerund | teeth not said here | the skull | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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