Exam question 1 · Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest
Identify the organism recognised as the largest single tree by volume.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, recognise · To what, where: organism
This is exam question 1 of lesson 186 «Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 organism | det |
| 3 | organism | organism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | recognised | recognise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 organism | acl |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 tree | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tree | det |
| 7 | largest | large | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 tree | amod |
| 8 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tree | amod |
| 9 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 recognised | obl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 volume | case |
| 11 | volume | volume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 recognised | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the organism | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent organism=Theme | ||||
| 2 | recognise | participle | the organism not said here | as the largest single tree; by volume | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as tree=Attribute |
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
A baobab in Madagascar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 baobab | det |
| 2 | baobab | baobab | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Madagascar | case |
| 4 | Madagascar | Madagascar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 baobab | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The giant sequoia known as General Sherman, in California
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sequoia | det |
| 2 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sequoia | amod |
| 3 | sequoia | sequoia | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 sequoia | acl |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 Sherman | case |
| 6 | General | General | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Sherman | compound |
| 7 | Sherman | Sherman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 known | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 California | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 California | case |
| 10 | California | California | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Sherman | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | participle | the giant sequoia not said here | as General Sherman in California | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as sherman=Attribute |
Option 3
An aspen in Utah standing alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 aspen | det |
| 2 | aspen | aspen | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Utah | case |
| 4 | Utah | Utah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 aspen | nmod |
| 5 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 aspen | acl |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 standing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | gerund | a aspen in Utah not said here | alone property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
An oak in England
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 oak | det |
| 2 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 England | case |
| 4 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 oak | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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