Exam question 3 · Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops

Ascertain the reason for which a zoological garden in England withdrew bananas from the diet of its monkeys.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, zoological garden · What happens: ascertain, withdraw · To what, where: reason, bananas, diet

This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops» 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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 withdrew	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 garden	det
7	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 garden	amod
8	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 withdrew	nsubj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 England	case
10	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 garden	nmod
11	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	parataxis
12	bananas	banana	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 withdrew	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 diet	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 diet	det
15	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 withdrew	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 monkeys	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 monkeys	nmod:poss
18	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 diet	nmod
19	.	.	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 reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	withdraw	past	a zoological garden in England	bananas		the diet of garden's monkeys		for the reason	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent banana=Theme from diet=Initial_Location

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

The high sugar content of cultivated bananas impaired their teeth and digestion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 content	det
2	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 content	amod
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 content	compound
4	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 impaired	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bananas	case
6	cultivated	cultivate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bananas	amod
7	bananas	banana	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 content	nmod
8	impaired	impair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 teeth	nmod:poss
10	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 impaired	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 digestion	cc
12	digestion	digestion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 teeth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cultivate	participle							vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	impair	past	the high sugar content of cultivated bananas	bananas's teeth and digestion					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tooth=Experiencer

Option 2

The cost of procurement became excessive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cost	det
2	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 became	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 procurement	case
4	procurement	procurement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cost	nmod
5	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the cost of procurement					excessive property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	cost			procurement					nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The monkeys declined to consume them in any quantity, preferring the food of the visitors

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 monkeys	det
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 declined	nsubj
3	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 consume	mark
5	consume	consume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 declined	xcomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 consume	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 quantity	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 quantity	det
9	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consume	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 preferring	punct
11	preferring	prefer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 declined	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 food	det
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 preferring	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 visitors	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 visitors	det
16	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 food	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	decline	past	the monkeys			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not consume	to-infinitive	the monkeys not said here	monkeys = monkey	any quantity	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset
3	prefer	gerund	the monkeys not said here	the food of the visitors		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus

Option 4

Bananas were found to be poisonous to all primates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bananas	banana	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 found	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 poisonous	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 poisonous	cop
6	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 found	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 primates	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 primates	det
9	primates	primate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 poisonous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · passive		Bananas					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	is	to-infinitive	Bananas not said here					to all primates; poisonous property	tree rules

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