Exam question 4 · The twilight zone: barreleyes, lanternfish and the biggest…
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the siphonophore.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, siphonophore
This is exam question 4 of lesson 175 «The twilight zone: barreleyes, lanternfish and the biggest daily journey on Earth» 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 siphonophore | det |
| 11 | siphonophore | siphonophore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | . | . | 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 siphonophore | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus siphonophore=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
It is a variety of deep-sea eel
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 | 4 variety | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 variety | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 variety | det |
| 4 | variety | variety | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 eel | case |
| 6 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sea | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 deep | punct |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 eel | compound |
| 9 | eel | eel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 variety | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a variety | of sea eel | tree rules |
Option 2
It is a species of marine plant
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 | 4 species | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 species | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 species | det |
| 4 | species | species | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 plant | case |
| 6 | marine | marine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 plant | amod |
| 7 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 species | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a species | of marine plant | tree rules |
Option 3
It is a single jellyfish of modest dimensions
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 | 5 jellyfish | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 jellyfish | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 jellyfish | det |
| 4 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 jellyfish | amod |
| 5 | jellyfish | jellyfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 dimensions | case |
| 7 | modest | modest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dimensions | amod |
| 8 | dimensions | dimension | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 jellyfish | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a single jellyfish | of modest dimensions | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It is a colonial organism composed of many small animals, some exceeding a blue whale in length
The tree, 17 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 | 5 organism | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 organism | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 organism | det |
| 4 | colonial | colonial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 organism | amod |
| 5 | organism | organism | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 organism | acl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 animals | case |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 animals | amod |
| 9 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 animals | amod |
| 10 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 composed | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 exceeding | punct |
| 12 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 exceeding | nsubj |
| 13 | exceeding | exceed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 organism | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 whale | det |
| 15 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 whale | amod |
| 16 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 exceeding | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 length | case |
| 18 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 exceeding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a colonial organism | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | compose | participle | a colonial organism not said here | of many small animals | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | exceed | gerund | some | a blue whale | in length | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot whale=Theme in length=Attribute |
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