Exam question 4 · The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a whale carcass upon the deep sea floor.

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, whale carcass

This is exam question 4 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 carcass	det
11	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carcass	compound
12	carcass	carcass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 floor	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 floor	det
15	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 floor	amod
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 floor	compound
17	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
18	.	.	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	a whale carcass	upon the deep sea floor	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus carcass=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 consumed entirely within one day

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 consumed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	aux:pass
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 consumed	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 day	nummod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive		It			day	entirely property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 2

It rises to the surface on the following day and is carried away by the currents

The tree, 16 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 rises	nsubj
2	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 surface	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 surface	det
5	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rises	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rises	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 carried	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 carried	aux:pass
12	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rises	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 carried	advmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 currents	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 currents	det
16	currents	current	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	It	the surface	day		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to surface=Initial_Location
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	carry away	present · passive	the currents			away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is petrified within a short period

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 petrified	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 petrified	aux:pass
3	petrified	petrify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	7 period	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 period	det
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 period	amod
7	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 petrified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	petrify	present · passive		It				within a short period	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It sustains communities of deep-sea animals for a period of years

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 sustains	nsubj
2	sustains	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	communities	community	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sustains	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 animals	case
5	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sea	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 deep	punct
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 animals	compound
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 communities	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 period	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 period	det
11	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sustains	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 years	case
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	present	It	communities of sea animals				for a period of years	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent community=Theme

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