Exam question 3 · The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobos, okapis and forest…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the okapi?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: okapi

This is exam question 3 of lesson 159 «The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobos, okapis and forest elephants» 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 okapi	det
10	okapi	okapi	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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 okapi				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 · ✓ the right answer

It is the closest living relative of the giraffe and inhabits only the Congo forest

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	6 relative	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 relative	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 relative	det
4	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 relative	amod
5	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 relative	amod
6	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 giraffe	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 giraffe	det
9	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relative	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 inhabits	cc
11	inhabits	inhabit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 relative	conj
12	only	only	ADV	_	15 forest	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 forest	det
14	Congo	Congo	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 forest	compound
15	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 inhabits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the closest living relative				of the giraffe	tree rules
2	inhabit	present		the Congo forest					tree rules

Option 2

It is a hybrid of the zebra and the giraffe

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 hybrid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hybrid	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hybrid	det
4	hybrid	hybrid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 zebra	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 zebra	det
7	zebra	zebra	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hybrid	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 giraffe	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giraffe	det
10	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 zebra	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a hybrid				of the zebra and the giraffe	tree rules

Option 3

It is a juvenile zebra of a forest variety

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 zebra	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 zebra	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 zebra	det
4	juvenile	juvenile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 zebra	compound
5	zebra	zebra	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 variety	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 variety	det
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 variety	compound
9	variety	variety	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 zebra	nmod

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

Option 4

It is a species of antelope inhabiting the open savanna of East and Southern Africa

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	4 species	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 species	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 species	det
4	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 antelope	case
6	antelope	antelope	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 species	nmod
7	inhabiting	inhabit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 antelope	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 savanna	det
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 savanna	amod
10	savanna	savanna	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inhabiting	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 East	case
12	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 savanna	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Africa	cc
14	Southern	Southern	PROPN	_	15 Africa	flat
15	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 East	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a species				of antelope	tree rules
2	inhabit	gerund	antelope not said here	the open savanna of East and Southern Africa					tree rules

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