Exam question 3 · Mangroves: trees in salt water, mudskippers, archerfish an…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Sundarbans.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Sundarbans

This is exam question 3 of lesson 178 «Mangroves: trees in salt water, mudskippers, archerfish and swimming tigers» 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 Sundarbans	det
11	Sundarbans	Sundarban	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	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	the Sundarbans		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sundarban=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 · ✓ the right answer

It is the largest mangrove forest in the world and harbours swimming Bengal tigers

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	6 forest	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 forest	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
4	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 forest	amod
5	mangrove	mangrove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forest	compound
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forest	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 harbours	cc
11	harbours	harbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 forest	conj
12	swimming	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 harbours	acl
13	Bengal	Bengal	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 tigers	compound
14	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 swimming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the largest mangrove forest and harbours		the world			tree rules
2	swim	gerund	harbours not said here	Bengal tigers					vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tiger=Theme

Option 2

It is a mountain forest devoid of water

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 forest	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 forest	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 forest	det
4	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forest	compound
5	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	devoid	devoid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 forest	amod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 devoid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a mountain forest					tree rules

Option 3

It is a desert in which tigers are absent

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 desert	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 desert	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 desert	det
4	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 tigers	det
7	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 absent	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 absent	cop
9	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 desert	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a desert					tree rules
2	is	present	which tigers					absent property	tree rules

Option 4

It is a coral reef in the Pacific Ocean

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 reef	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reef	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reef	det
4	coral	coral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reef	amod
5	reef	reef	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 Ocean	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Ocean	det
8	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Ocean	compound
9	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reef	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a coral reef		the Pacific Ocean			tree rules

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