Exam question 2 · More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows…

Identify the substance principally stored within the hump of the camel.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, substance · What happens: identify, store · To what, where: substance

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 substance	det
3	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	principally	principally	ADV	_	5 stored	advmod
5	stored	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 substance	acl:relcl
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 hump	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hump	det
8	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stored	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 camel	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 camel	det
11	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hump	nmod
12	.	.	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 substance					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent substance=Theme
2	store	past	the substance not said here					within the hump of the camel; principally property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Fat, drawn upon when food is scarce

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 drawn	punct
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Fat	acl
4	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	8 scarce	mark
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 scarce	mark
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scarce	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 scarce	cop
8	scarce	scarce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 drawn	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		Fat not said here					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	food					scarce property	tree rules

Option 2

Milk, reserved for the nourishment of the young

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 reserved	punct
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Milk	acl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 nourishment	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nourishment	det
6	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reserved	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 young	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 young	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nourishment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	participle		Milk not said here				for the nourishment of the young	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for nourishment=Beneficiary

Option 3

Air, which renders the animal buoyant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 renders	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 renders	punct
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 renders	nsubj
4	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 renders	obj
7	buoyant	buoyant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	Air	the animal				buoyant property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Option 4

Water, released when the animal is thirsty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 released	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Water	punct
3	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 thirsty	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thirsty	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thirsty	cop
8	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 released	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	participle							vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer
2	is	present	the animal					thirsty property	tree rules

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