Exam question 4 · The Arctic Ocean: walruses, bowheads, the 400-year shark a…

Ascertain the principal consequence for the polar bear of the progressive diminution of Arctic sea ice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Arctic sea ice · What happens: ascertain, diminish · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 bear	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bear	det
7	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bear	amod
8	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 diminution	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 diminution	det
11	progressive	progressive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 diminution	amod
12	diminution	diminution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bear	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 ice	case
14	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 ice	amod
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ice	compound
16	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 diminution	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence				for the polar bear of the progressive diminution of Arctic sea ice	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition consequence=Theme for bear=Beneficiary
2	diminish		Arctic sea ice						nom diminution «process intransitive»: of=agent

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

A reduction in the time available for hunting seals from the ice and longer distances to be swum

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 reduction	det
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 available	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 time	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod
6	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 seals	case
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seals	compound
9	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 available	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 ice	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ice	det
12	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seals	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 distances	cc
14	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 distances	amod
15	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 seals	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	18 swum	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 swum	aux:pass
18	swum	swim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 seals	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	to-infinitive · passive							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»

Option 2

The adoption of a diet of plants exclusively

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adoption	det
2	adoption	adoption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 diet	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 diet	det
5	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 adoption	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 plants	case
7	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 diet	nmod
8	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	7 plants	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt			a diet of plants					nom adoption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A migration of the species to Antarctica

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 migration	det
2	migration	migration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
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 migration	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Antarctica	case
7	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 species	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	migrate		the species to Antarctica						nom migration «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

An increase in body weight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 increase	det
2	increase	increase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 weight	case
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 weight	compound
5	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increase	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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