Exam question 2 · The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the diet of the vampire squid?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: diet

This is exam question 2 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	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 diet	det
10	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 squid	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 squid	det
13	vampire	vampire	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 squid	compound
14	squid	squid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 diet	nmod
15	?	?	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 diet of the vampire squid				of the following statements; 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 · ← Mova's choice

It consumes exclusively living crabs captured upon the sea floor

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 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 consumes	advmod
4	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crabs	amod
5	crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consumes	obj
6	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 crabs	acl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 floor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 floor	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 floor	compound
10	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 captured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	It	living crabs				exclusively property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crab=Asset
2	capture	participle		living crabs not said here				upon the sea floor	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It hunts whales of considerable size

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 hunts	nsubj
2	hunts	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunts	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 size	case
5	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 size	amod
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whales	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	It	whales of considerable size					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It consumes drifting particles of dead organic matter

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 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	drifting	drift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 particles	amod
4	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consumes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 matter	case
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 matter	amod
7	organic	organic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 matter	amod
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 particles	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	It	drifting particles of dead organic matter					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent particle=Asset
2	drift	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It subsists upon the blood of 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 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 blood	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 blood	det
5	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsists	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 fish	case
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blood	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon the blood of fish	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

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