Exam question 3 · Record-breakers: the loudest and the longest-lived

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the immortal jellyfish?

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 187 «Record-breakers: the loudest and the longest-lived» 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 jellyfish	det
10	immortal	immortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 jellyfish	amod
11	jellyfish	jellyfish	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 immortal jellyfish				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

It is capable of reverting to a juvenile polyp when injured or aged

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	3 capable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 capable	cop
3	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 reverting	mark
5	reverting	revert	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 capable	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 polyp	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 polyp	det
8	juvenile	juvenile	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 polyp	compound
9	polyp	polyp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reverting	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 injured	advmod
11	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 reverting	advcl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 aged	cc
13	aged	age	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 injured	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	capable property	tree rules
2	revert	gerund		to a juvenile polyp result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to polyp=Result
3	injure	participle			tree rules
4	age	participle			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It transforms into a fish upon maturity

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 transforms	nsubj
2	transforms	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 fish	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 maturity	case
7	maturity	maturity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	present	It					into a fish result; upon maturity	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into fish=Result

Option 3

It survives for one day only

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 survives	nsubj
2	survives	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 day	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 day	nummod
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 survives	obl
6	only	only	ADV	_	2 survives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	survive	present	It				day		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It is immune to all predators

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	3 immune	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 immune	cop
3	immune	immune	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 predators	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 predators	det
6	predators	predator	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 immune	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to all predators; immune property	tree rules

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