Exam question 3 · The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale…
Ascertain the reason for which photographs of the blobfish misrepresent its natural appearance.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, photographs · What happens: ascertain, misrepresent · To what, where: reason, natural appearance
This is exam question 3 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 misrepresent | obl |
| 6 | photographs | photograph | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 misrepresent | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 blobfish | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 blobfish | det |
| 9 | blobfish | blobfish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 photographs | nmod |
| 10 | misrepresent | misrepresent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 reason | acl:relcl |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 appearance | nmod:poss |
| 12 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 appearance | amod |
| 13 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 misrepresent | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the reason | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | ||||
| 2 | misrepresent | present | photographs of the blobfish | reason's natural appearance | for the reason | 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 is in all circumstances a gelatinous mass
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 circumstances | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 circumstances | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 circumstances | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 circumstances | det |
| 5 | circumstances | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 mass | det |
| 7 | gelatinous | gelatinous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mass | amod |
| 8 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 circumstances | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | all circumstances | tree rules |
Option 2
It is photographed exclusively in old age
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 photographed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 photographed | aux:pass |
| 3 | photographed | photograph | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | exclusively | exclusively | ADV | _ | 3 photographed | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 age | case |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 age | amod |
| 7 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 photographed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | photograph | present · passive | It | in old age | exclusively property | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in age=Destination |
Option 3
It is invariably photographed while asleep
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 photographed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 photographed | aux:pass |
| 3 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 4 photographed | advmod |
| 4 | photographed | photograph | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 6 asleep | mark |
| 6 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 photographed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | photograph | present · passive | It | asleep, invariably property | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The fish is damaged when it is brought up from the great depths it inhabits
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 | 2 fish | det |
| 2 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 damaged | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 damaged | aux:pass |
| 4 | damaged | damage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 brought | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 brought | aux:pass |
| 8 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 damaged | conj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 brought | compound:prt |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 depths | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 depths | det |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 depths | amod |
| 13 | depths | depth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 brought | obl |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 inhabits | nsubj |
| 15 | inhabits | inhabit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 depths | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | damage | present · passive | the fish | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | bring up | present · passive | fish | the great depths | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | inhabit | present | fish | the great depths not said here | tree rules |
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