Exam question 1 · The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale…

Identify the source of luminescence in the lure of numerous species of deep-sea anglerfish.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: source, lure

This is exam question 1 of lesson 176 «The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale falls» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 source	det
3	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 luminescence	case
5	luminescence	luminescence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 source	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 lure	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lure	det
8	lure	lure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 species	case
10	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 species	amod
11	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lure	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 anglerfish	case
13	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sea	amod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 deep	punct
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 anglerfish	compound
16	anglerfish	anglerfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 species	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the source of luminescence		the lure of numerous species of sea anglerfish			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent source=Theme

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

Light-producing bacteria residing within the lure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 producing	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Light	punct
3	producing	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 bacteria	amod
4	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	residing	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 bacteria	acl
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 lure	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lure	det
8	lure	lure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 residing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	gerund							vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	reside	gerund	producing bacteria not said here					within the lure	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A store of sunlight absorbed during the day at the surface

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 store	det
2	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sunlight	case
4	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 store	nmod
5	absorbed	absorb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 store	acl
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 absorbed	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 surface	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 surface	det
11	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 absorbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb	participle		a store of sunlight not said here		the surface	day		vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal

Option 3

Reflection of light from the eyes of prey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 light	case
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reflection	nmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eyes	det
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Reflection	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 prey	case
8	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eyes	nmod

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

Option 4

Friction of the lure against the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 lure	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lure	det
4	lure	lure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Friction	nmod
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lure	nmod

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

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