Exam question 2 · Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the taxonomic affinities of the fossa.

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, taxonomic affinities

This is exam question 2 of lesson 163 «Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa» 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 affinities	det
11	taxonomic	taxonomic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 affinities	amod
12	affinities	affinity	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 fossa	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fossa	det
15	fossa	fossa	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 affinities	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 taxonomic affinities of the fossa		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus affinity=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 is a true member of the cat family, closely related to the puma

The tree, 14 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 member	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 member	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 member	det
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 member	amod
5	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 family	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 family	compound
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 member	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 related	punct
11	closely	closely	ADV	_	12 related	advmod
12	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 member	amod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 puma	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 puma	det
15	puma	puma	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 related	obl

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is related to the mongooses notwithstanding its feline appearance

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	3 related	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 related	cop
3	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 mongooses	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mongooses	det
6	mongooses	mongoose	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 related	obl
7	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 mongooses	acl
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 appearance	nmod:poss
9	feline	feline	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 appearance	amod
10	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 notwithstanding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to the mongooses; related property	tree rules
2	notwithstand	gerund	the mongooses not said here	its feline appearance					tree rules

Option 3

It is a species of wild dog

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	_	7 dog	case
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 species	nmod

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

Option 4

It is a species of lemur

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 lemur	case
6	lemur	lemur	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 species	nmod

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

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