Exam question 2 · Mountains of the world: snow leopards, high-flying geese,…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the snow leopard?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: snow leopard

This is exam question 2 of lesson 183 «Mountains of the world: snow leopards, high-flying geese, condors and Everest spiders» 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	11 leopard	det
10	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leopard	compound
11	leopard	leopard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	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 snow leopard				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

It hibernates for eight months annually

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 hibernates	nsubj
2	hibernates	hibernate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 months	case
4	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 months	nummod
5	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hibernates	obl
6	annually	annually	ADV	_	2 hibernates	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hibernate	present	It				month	annually property	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It inhabits the high mountains of Asia and is incapable of roaring

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 inhabits	nsubj
2	inhabits	inhabit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mountains	det
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mountains	amod
5	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inhabits	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Asia	case
7	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mountains	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 incapable	cc
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 incapable	cop
10	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inhabits	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 roaring	case
12	roaring	roaring	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inhabit	present	It	the high mountains of Asia					tree rules
2	is a	present		incapable				of roaring	tree rules

Option 3

It is a close relative of the giant panda

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 relative	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 relative	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 relative	det
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 relative	amod
5	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 panda	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 panda	det
8	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 panda	amod
9	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 relative	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a close relative				of the giant panda	tree rules

Option 4

It inhabits the African savanna and roars loudly

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 inhabits	nsubj
2	inhabits	inhabit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 savanna	det
4	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 savanna	amod
5	savanna	savanna	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inhabits	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 roars	cc
7	roars	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 inhabits	conj
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	7 roars	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inhabit	present	It	the African savanna					tree rules
2	roar	present						loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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