Exam question 2 · Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Pando?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: Pando

This is exam question 2 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	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	Pando	Pando	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	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		Pando				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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A colony of aspen trees constituting a single plant connected by a common root system

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 colony	det
2	colony	colony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 trees	case
4	aspen	aspen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trees	compound
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 colony	nmod
6	constituting	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 trees	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 plant	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plant	amod
9	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constituting	obj
10	connected	connect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 plant	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	15 system	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 system	det
13	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 system	amod
14	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 system	compound
15	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 connected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	gerund	aspen trees not said here	a single plant					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme plant=Pivot
2	connect	participle		a single plant not said here				by a common root system	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

A forest planted by human beings in the nineteenth century for the purposes of timber and fuel

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 forest	det
2	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 forest	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 beings	case
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 beings	amod
6	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 planted	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 century	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 century	det
9	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 century	amod
10	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 planted	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 purposes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 purposes	det
13	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 planted	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 timber	case
15	timber	timber	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 purposes	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fuel	cc
17	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 timber	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	participle		a forest not said here			century	by human beings; for the purposes of timber and fuel	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by being=Destination
2	purpose		timber and fuel						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

A species of fungus confined to Oregon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 species	det
2	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 fungus	case
4	fungus	fungus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 species	nmod
5	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 species	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Oregon	case
7	Oregon	Oregon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	participle		a species of fungus not said here	Oregon				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to oregon=Destination

Option 4

A solitary sequoia of great age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sequoia	det
2	solitary	solitary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sequoia	amod
3	sequoia	sequoia	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 age	case
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 age	amod
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sequoia	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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