Exam question 1 · The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart fr…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocalisations of the howler monkey.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, vocalise · To what, where: response, vocalisations, howler monkey

This is exam question 1 of lesson 156 «The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart frogs and sloth gardens» 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 vocalisations	det
11	vocalisations	vocalisation	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 monkey	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 monkey	det
14	howler	howler	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 monkey	compound
15	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vocalisations	nmod
16	.	.	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 vocalisations of the howler monkey		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vocalisation=Experiencer
4	vocalise			the howler monkey		nom vocalisation «communication 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 are produced collectively to inform neighbouring troops of the group's position

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	3 produced	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 produced	aux:pass
3	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	collectively	collectively	ADV	_	3 produced	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 inform	mark
6	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 produced	advcl
7	neighbouring	neighbouring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 troops	amod
8	troops	troops	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 inform	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 position	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 group	det
11	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 position	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 group	case
13	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 troops	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive		They				collectively property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	inform speech: other	to-infinitive		neighbouring troops of the group's position					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent troops=Recipient

Option 2

They are produced solely during the hours of darkness

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	3 produced	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 produced	aux:pass
3	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 produced	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 hours	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hours	det
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 produced	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 darkness	case
9	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive		They			hour	solely property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 3

They are produced exclusively in response to hunger

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	3 produced	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 produced	aux:pass
3	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 produced	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 response	case
6	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produced	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 hunger	case
8	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 response	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive		They		response to hunger		exclusively property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4

They are inaudible beyond a distance of a few metres, being produced very softly and only to the mother

The tree, 19 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	3 inaudible	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 inaudible	cop
3	inaudible	inaudible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	6 distance	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 distance	det
6	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inaudible	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 metres	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 metres	det
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 metres	amod
10	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 distance	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 produced	punct
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 produced	aux:pass
13	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 inaudible	parataxis
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 softly	advmod
15	softly	softly	ADV	_	13 produced	advmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 mother	cc
17	only	only	ADV	_	20 mother	advmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 mother	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mother	det
20	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inaudible	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					beyond a distance of a few metres; inaudible property	tree rules
2	produce	gerund · passive						softly property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»

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