Exam question 3 · The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the distribution of orangutans in the wild.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, distribute · To what, where: response, distribution, orangutans

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy» 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	11 distribution	det
11	distribution	distribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 orangutans	case
13	orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 distribution	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 wild	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wild	det
16	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 orangutans	nmod
17	.	.	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 distribution of orangutans in the wild		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus distribution=Experiencer
4	distribute			orangutans in the wild		nom distribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Orangutans are confined exclusively to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 confined	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 islands	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 islands	det
7	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Borneo	case
9	Borneo	Borneo	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 islands	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Sumatra	cc
11	Sumatra	Sumatra	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Borneo	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		Orangutans		the islands of Borneo and Sumatra		exclusively property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to island=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Orangutans inhabit every tropical rainforest upon the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inhabit	nsubj
2	inhabit	inhabit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 rainforest	det
4	tropical	tropical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rainforest	amod
5	rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inhabit	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 Earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Earth	det
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rainforest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inhabit	present	Orangutans	every tropical rainforest				upon the Earth	tree rules

Option 3

Orangutans inhabit the forests of the Indian subcontinent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inhabit	nsubj
2	inhabit	inhabit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 forests	det
4	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inhabit	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 subcontinent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 subcontinent	det
7	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 subcontinent	amod
8	subcontinent	subcontinent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forests	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inhabit	present	Orangutans	the forests of the Indian subcontinent					tree rules

Option 4

Orangutans are native to the Amazon basin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Orangutans	orangutan	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 native	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 native	cop
3	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 basin	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 basin	det
6	Amazon	Amazon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 basin	compound
7	basin	basin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 native	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Orangutans					to the Amazon basin; native property	tree rules

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