Exam question 2 · Great rivers and wetlands: Nile crocodiles, hippos, giant…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Pantanal?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 184 «Great rivers and wetlands: Nile crocodiles, hippos, giant catfish and the Pantanal» 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 Pantanal	det
10	Pantanal	Pantanal	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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 Pantanal				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 is a mountain range in Asia

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 range	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 range	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 range	det
4	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 range	compound
5	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Asia	case
7	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 range	nmod

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

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

It is the largest tropical wetland in the world, situated in Brazil

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 wetland	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wetland	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wetland	det
4	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 wetland	amod
5	tropical	tropical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wetland	amod
6	wetland	wetland	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 wetland	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 situated	punct
11	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wetland	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 Brazil	case
13	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the largest tropical wetland		the world			tree rules
2	situate	participle		the largest tropical wetland not said here		Brazil			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in brazil=Destination

Option 3

It is the largest hot desert in the world

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 desert	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 desert	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 desert	det
4	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 desert	amod
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 desert	amod
6	desert	desert	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 desert	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the largest hot desert		the world			tree rules

Option 4

It is a coral reef in the Indian 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	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Ocean	amod
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 Indian Ocean			tree rules

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