Exam question 3 · Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, m…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the mimic octopus.

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, mimic octopus

This is exam question 3 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	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 octopus	det
11	mimic	mimic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 octopus	amod
12	octopus	octopus	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 mimic octopus		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus octopus=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

It imitates the form and movement of dangerous animals such as lionfish and sea snakes

The tree, 15 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	2 imitates	nsubj
2	imitates	imitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 imitates	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 movement	cc
6	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 animals	case
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animals	amod
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 movement	nmod
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 lionfish	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	lionfish	lionfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 animals	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 snakes	cc
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 snakes	compound
15	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lionfish	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imitate	present	It	the form and movement of dangerous animals such lionfish and sea snakes					vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
2	move			dangerous animals such lionfish and sea snakes					nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It reproduces the vocal calls of whales

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 reproduces	nsubj
2	reproduces	reproduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 calls	det
4	vocal	vocal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 calls	amod
5	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reproduces	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 whales	case
7	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 calls	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reproduce	present	It	the vocal calls of whales					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent call=Patient
2	call			whales					nom call «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It transforms itself into a genuine fish

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 transforms	nsubj
2	transforms	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 transforms	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 fish	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fish	det
6	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fish	amod
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	present	It	itself = it				into a genuine fish result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent itself=Patient into fish=Result

Option 4

It was described by naturalists in antiquity

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 described	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 described	aux:pass
3	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 naturalists	case
5	naturalists	naturalist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 described	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 antiquity	case
7	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 described	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past · passive	naturalists	It		antiquity			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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