Exam question 2 · Sumatra: the smallest tiger, the hairy rhino, the stinking…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the slow loris.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, slow loris

This is exam question 2 of lesson 162 «Sumatra: the smallest tiger, the hairy rhino, the stinking giant flower and the venomous loris» 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 loris	det
11	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 loris	amod
12	loris	loris	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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 slow loris		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus loris=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

It derives pleasure from being tickled

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	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obj
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 tickled	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 tickled	aux:pass
6	tickled	tickle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 derives	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It	pleasure					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pleasure=Theme
2	tickle	gerund · passive							vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»

Option 2

It subsists entirely upon bamboo

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	2 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 bamboo	case
5	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon bamboo; entirely property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is among the very few primates in possession of venom

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	7 primates	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 primates	cop
3	among	among	ADP	_	7 primates	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 primates	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 few	advmod
6	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 primates	amod
7	primates	primate	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 possession	case
9	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 primates	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 venom	case
11	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 possession	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			possession of venom		among the few primates	tree rules
2	possess			venom					nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is the largest primate of Sumatra

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 primate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 primate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 primate	det
4	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 primate	amod
5	primate	primate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Sumatra	case
7	Sumatra	Sumatra	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 primate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the largest primate				of Sumatra	tree rules

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