Exam question 3 · Coral reef builders: polyps, bleaching, sand from parrotfi…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the giant clam.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, giant clam

This is exam question 3 of lesson 172 «Coral reef builders: polyps, bleaching, sand from parrotfish and giant clams» 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 clam	det
11	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 clam	amod
12	clam	clam	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 giant clam		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus clam=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 right answer

The assertion that it entraps the limbs of divers is unfounded, since it closes slowly and incompletely

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 unfounded	nsubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 entraps	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 entraps	nsubj
5	entraps	entrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 assertion	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 limbs	det
7	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 entraps	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 divers	case
9	divers	diver	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 limbs	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 unfounded	cop
11	unfounded	unfounded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 closes	punct
13	since	since	SCONJ	_	15 closes	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 closes	nsubj
15	closes	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 unfounded	conj
16	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	15 closes	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 incompletely	cc
18	incompletely	incompletely	ADV	_	16 slowly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	entrap	present	assertion	the limbs of divers		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limb=Patient
2	is	present	the assertion		unfounded property	tree rules
3	close	present	assertion		slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It weighs not more than one kilogram

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 weighs	nsubj
2	weighs	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 more	advmod
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 weighs	obj
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 kilogram	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 kilogram	nummod
7	kilogram	kilogram	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 more	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	present	It	more					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value

Option 3

It is known to seize and drown divers with regularity

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 known	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 known	aux:pass
3	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 seize	mark
5	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 known	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 drown	cc
7	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 seize	conj
8	divers	diver	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 drown	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 regularity	case
10	regularity	regularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	present · passive	It		tree rules
2	seize	to-infinitive			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	drown	infinitive	divers	with regularity	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent diver=Patient with regularity=Instrument

Option 4

It possesses no shell whatsoever

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 shell	det
4	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 possesses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	no shell				whatsoever property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot shell=Theme

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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