Exam question 1 · Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, m…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between the clownfish and the sea anemone?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 1 of lesson 173 «Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, mimics and puffers» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 clownfish	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 clownfish	det
13	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 relationship	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 anemone	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 anemone	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 anemone	compound
17	anemone	anemone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the relationship and the sea anemone				of the following statements; between the clownfish; accurately property	tree rules

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

The clownfish consumes the anemone gradually

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clownfish	det
2	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumes	nsubj
3	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 anemone	det
5	anemone	anemone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumes	obj
6	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	3 consumes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	the clownfish	the anemone				gradually property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anemone=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The anemone stings the clownfish to death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 anemone	det
2	anemone	anemone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stings	nsubj
3	stings	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 clownfish	det
5	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stings	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 death	case
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stings	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sting	present	the anemone	the clownfish				to death	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus clownfish=Experiencer

Option 3

The two organisms are entirely indifferent to each other and never interact in any manner

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 organisms	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 organisms	nummod
3	organisms	organism	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 indifferent	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 indifferent	cop
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 indifferent	advmod
6	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 each	case
8	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	6 indifferent	obl
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 each	fixed
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 interact	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 interact	advmod
12	interact	interact	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 indifferent	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 manner	case
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 manner	det
15	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 interact	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the two organisms					to each; entirely, indifferent property	tree rules
2	not interact	infinitive	the two organisms not said here			any manner			vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Each confers protection upon the other, the fish repelling predators of the anemone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 confers	nsubj
2	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confers	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 other	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 other	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 confers	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 predators	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 predators	det
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 repelling	compound
10	repelling	repel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 predators	amod
11	predators	predator	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 confers	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 anemone	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 anemone	det
14	anemone	anemone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 predators	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	Each	protection				upon the other	tree rules
2	repel	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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