Exam question 2 · The Arctic Ocean: walruses, bowheads, the 400-year shark a…
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colouration of the polar bear.
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, colouration
This is exam question 2 of lesson 169 «The Arctic Ocean: walruses, bowheads, the 400-year shark and the unicorn's tooth» 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 | 11 colouration | det |
| 11 | colouration | colouration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 bear | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 bear | det |
| 14 | polar | polar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 bear | amod |
| 15 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 colouration | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 colouration of the polar bear | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus colouration=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
The skin and hairs alike are pigmented white
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 skin | det |
| 2 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pigmented | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 hairs | cc |
| 4 | hairs | hair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 skin | conj |
| 5 | alike | alike | ADV | _ | 4 hairs | advmod |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 pigmented | aux:pass |
| 7 | pigmented | pigment | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pigmented | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pigment | present · passive | the skin and hairs | white property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The skin is black and the translucent hollow hairs appear white by scattering light
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 skin | det |
| 2 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 black | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 black | cop |
| 4 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 appear | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hairs | det |
| 7 | translucent | translucent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 hairs | amod |
| 8 | hollow | hollow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 hairs | amod |
| 9 | hairs | hair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 appear | nsubj |
| 10 | appear | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 black | conj |
| 11 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 appear | xcomp |
| 12 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 13 scattering | mark |
| 13 | scattering | scatter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 appear | advcl |
| 14 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 scattering | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the skin | black property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | appear | present | the translucent hollow hairs | white property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | scatter | gerund | the translucent hollow hairs not said here | light | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent light=Theme |
Option 3
The animal is grey beneath a layer of snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 animal | det |
| 2 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grey | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 grey | cop |
| 4 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 7 layer | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 layer | det |
| 7 | layer | layer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grey | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 snow | case |
| 9 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 layer | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the animal | beneath a layer of snow; grey property | tree rules |
Option 4
The skin is white and the hairs are pigmented black
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 skin | det |
| 2 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 white | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 white | cop |
| 4 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 pigmented | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hairs | det |
| 7 | hairs | hair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 pigmented | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 pigmented | aux:pass |
| 9 | pigmented | pigment | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 white | conj |
| 10 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pigmented | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the skin | white property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pigment | present · passive | the hairs | black property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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