Exam question 3 · The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, j…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationships of the tapir?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: relationships

This is exam question 3 of lesson 157 «The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, jaguars and the giant spider» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relationships	det
10	relationships	relationship	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 tapir	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tapir	det
13	tapir	tapir	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationships	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the relationships of the tapir				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

It is a member of the family of pigs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 member	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 member	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 member	det
4	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 family	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 family	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 member	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 pigs	case
9	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 family	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a member				of the family of pigs	tree rules

Option 2

It is a juvenile form of the elephant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
4	juvenile	juvenile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	compound
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 elephant	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 elephant	det
8	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a juvenile form				of the elephant	tree rules

Option 3

It is a variety of anteater

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 variety	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 variety	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 variety	det
4	variety	variety	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 anteater	case
6	anteater	anteater	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 variety	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a variety				of anteater	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is more closely related to the horse and the rhinoceros than to the pig

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 related	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 related	cop
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 closely	advmod
4	closely	closely	ADV	_	5 related	advmod
5	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 horse	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 horse	det
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 related	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rhinoceros	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rhinoceros	det
11	rhinoceros	rhinoceros	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 horse	conj
12	than	than	ADP	_	15 pig	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 pig	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pig	det
15	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 related	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to the horse and the rhinoceros; than the pig; closely, related property	tree rules

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