Exam question 1 · Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the maximum length of the green anaconda.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, maximum length

This is exam question 1 of lesson 158 «Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric eels and the candiru» 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	12 length	det
11	maximum	maximum	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 length	amod
12	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 anaconda	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 anaconda	det
15	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 anaconda	amod
16	anaconda	anaconda	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 length	nmod
17	.	.	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 maximum length of the green anaconda		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus length=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 · ← Mova's choice

Specimens of thirty metres are frequently recorded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Specimens	specimen	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recorded	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 metres	case
3	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 metres	nummod
4	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Specimens	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 recorded	aux:pass
6	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	7 recorded	advmod
7	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present · passive		Specimens of thirty metres				frequently property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No specimen exceeding approximately seven metres has been reliably measured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 specimen	det
2	specimen	specimen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 measured	nsubj:pass
3	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 specimen	acl
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 seven	advmod
5	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 metres	nummod
6	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exceeding	obj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 measured	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 measured	aux:pass
9	reliably	reliably	ADV	_	10 measured	advmod
10	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exceed	gerund	no specimen not said here	seven metres					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot metre=Theme
2	measure	present · perfect · passive		no specimen				reliably property	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value

Option 3

The species does not exceed one metre in length

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 species	det
2	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exceed	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 exceed	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 exceed	advmod
5	exceed	exceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 metre	nummod
7	metre	metre	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exceed	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 length	case
9	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exceed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exceed	present · do-support	the species	one metre				in length	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot metre=Theme in length=Attribute

Option 4

The length of the species has never been measured at all, so no figure can be given

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 length	det
2	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 measured	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 species	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 species	det
5	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 length	nmod
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 measured	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 measured	advmod
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 measured	aux:pass
9	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 measured	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 given	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	18 given	advmod
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 figure	det
15	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 given	nsubj:pass
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 given	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 given	aux:pass
18	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 measured	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not measure	present · perfect · passive		the length of the species		all			vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at all=Value
2	give	can · passive		no figure					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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