Exam question 3 · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c…
Ascertain the principal reason for which the orange coat of the tiger affords concealment from deer.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, orange coat · What happens: ascertain, afford · To what, where: principal reason, concealment, deer
This is exam question 3 of lesson 19 «The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and cunning hunter» 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 affords | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 coat | det |
| 8 | orange | orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 coat | amod |
| 9 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 affords | nsubj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 tiger | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tiger | det |
| 12 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 coat | nmod |
| 13 | affords | afford | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reason | parataxis |
| 14 | concealment | concealment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 affords | obj |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 deer | case |
| 16 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 affords | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | ||||
| 2 | afford | present | the orange coat of the tiger | concealment | deer | for the principal reason | 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
Deer are incapable of perceiving movement
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 incapable | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 incapable | cop |
| 3 | incapable | incapable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 perceiving | mark |
| 5 | perceiving | perceive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 incapable | advcl |
| 6 | movement | movement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 perceiving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Deer | incapable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | perceive | gerund | Deer not said here | movement | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer movement=Stimulus |
Option 2
The coat of the tiger alters its colour in accordance with the season
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coat | det |
| 2 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 alters | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 tiger | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tiger | det |
| 5 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 coat | nmod |
| 6 | alters | alter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 colour | nmod:poss |
| 8 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 alters | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 accordance | case |
| 10 | accordance | accordance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 alters | obl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 season | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 season | det |
| 13 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 alters | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alter | present | the coat of the tiger | coat's colour | accordance | season | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Deer are unable to perceive red and orange well, the tiger appearing greenish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 unable | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unable | cop |
| 3 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 perceive | mark |
| 5 | perceive | perceive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 unable | xcomp |
| 6 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 perceive | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 orange | cc |
| 8 | orange | orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 red | conj |
| 9 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 perceive | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 tiger | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tiger | det |
| 12 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 unable | parataxis |
| 13 | appearing | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 tiger | acl |
| 14 | greenish | greenish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 appearing | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Deer | unable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | perceive | to-infinitive | Deer not said here | red | well property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer red=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | appear | gerund | the tiger not said here | greenish property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Deer perceive exclusively in black and white at all times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 perceive | nsubj |
| 2 | perceive | perceive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | exclusively | exclusively | ADV | _ | 2 perceive | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 times | case |
| 5 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 times | amod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 white | cc |
| 7 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 black | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 white | obl |
| 10 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 perceive | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perceive | present | Deer | time | exclusively property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/19-the-tiger/e3/