Exam question 1 · More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the response of bulls to the red cape of the matador.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response

This is exam question 1 of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» 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	Select	select	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 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 response	det
11	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 bulls	case
13	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 response	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 cape	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cape	det
16	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 cape	amod
17	cape	cape	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 matador	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 matador	det
20	matador	matador	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cape	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the response of bulls	to the red cape of the matador	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus response=Experiencer

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

The bull is provoked exclusively by the colour red

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bull	det
2	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provoked	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provoked	aux:pass
4	provoked	provoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 provoked	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 red	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 colour	det
8	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 red	compound
9	red	red	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provoked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provoke	present · passive		the bull				by colour red; exclusively property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2

The bull is provoked by the hat of the matador

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bull	det
2	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provoked	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provoked	aux:pass
4	provoked	provoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 hat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hat	det
7	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provoked	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 matador	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 matador	det
10	matador	matador	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provoke	present · passive		the bull				by the hat of the matador	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

The bull is incapable of perceiving the cape at all, being entirely blind in daylight

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 bull	det
2	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 incapable	cop
4	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 perceiving	mark
6	perceiving	perceive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 incapable	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cape	det
8	cape	cape	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perceiving	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 perceiving	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 blind	punct
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 blind	cop
13	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	14 blind	advmod
14	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 incapable	parataxis
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 daylight	case
16	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 blind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the bull	incapable			tree rules
2	perceive	gerund	incapable not said here	the cape	all		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cape=Stimulus
3	is	gerund			daylight	blind, entirely property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The bull is provoked by the movement of the cape and not by its colour

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 bull	det
2	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provoked	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provoked	aux:pass
4	provoked	provoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 movement	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 movement	det
7	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provoked	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cape	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cape	det
10	cape	cape	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 movement	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 colour	cc
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 colour	advmod
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 colour	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 colour	nmod:poss
15	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cape	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provoke	present · passive	the movement of the cape and movement's colour	the bull					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	move			the cape and movement's colour					nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

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