Exam question 1 · Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the concealment behaviour of the ostrich.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, concealment behaviour

This is exam question 1 of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 behaviour	det
11	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 behaviour	compound
12	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 ostrich	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ostrich	det
15	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 behaviour	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the concealment behaviour of the ostrich		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus behaviour=Experiencer

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 ostrich inserts its head beneath the surface of the sand until the danger has passed

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ostrich	det
2	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inserts	nsubj
3	inserts	insert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inserts	obj
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 surface	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 surface	det
8	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inserts	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 sand	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sand	det
11	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 surface	nmod
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	16 passed	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 danger	det
14	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 passed	nsubj:pass
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 passed	aux
16	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 inserts	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insert	present	the ostrich	ostrich's head		the surface of the sand			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme beneath surface=Destination
2	pass	present · perfect · passive		the danger					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory

Option 2

The ostrich excavates a burrow and enters it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ostrich	det
2	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 excavates	nsubj
3	excavates	excavate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 burrow	det
5	burrow	burrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 excavates	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 enters	cc
7	enters	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 excavates	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 enters	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	excavate	present	the ostrich	a burrow					vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent burrow=Location
2	enter	present	the ostrich not said here	burrow					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination

Option 3

The ostrich ascends the nearest tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ostrich	det
2	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ascends	nsubj
3	ascends	ascend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
5	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 tree	amod
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ascends	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascend	present	the ostrich	the nearest tree					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The ostrich lies prostrate with its neck extended along the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ostrich	det
2	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lies	nsubj
3	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	prostrate	prostrate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lies	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 neck	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 neck	nmod:poss
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lies	obl
8	extended	extend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 neck	acl
9	along	along	ADP	_	11 ground	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 extended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	the ostrich					with ostrich's neck; prostrate property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	extend	participle		ostrich's neck not said here		the ground			vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent along ground=Path

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