Exam question 3 · Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never sto…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption by a rabbit of a portion of its own droppings.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, consumption

This is exam question 3 of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» 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 consumption	det
11	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 rabbit	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 rabbit	det
14	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 portion	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 portion	det
17	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rabbit	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 droppings	case
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 droppings	nmod:poss
20	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 droppings	amod
21	droppings	dropping	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 portion	nmod
22	.	.	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 consumption	by a rabbit of a portion of portion's own droppings	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consumption=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

It invariably indicates grave illness

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 indicates	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 indicates	advmod
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 illness	amod
5	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	grave illness				invariably property	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot illness=Topic

Option 2

It indicates that the animal is starving

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 starving	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 starving	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 starving	aux
7	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 indicates	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	starve	present · progressive	the animal						tree rules

Option 3

It is observed solely in captive animals

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 observed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 observed	aux:pass
3	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 observed	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 animals	case
6	captive	captive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animals	amod
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 observed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	present · passive		It				in captive animals; solely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a normal process permitting the further digestion of food

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	5 process	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 process	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 process	det
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 process	amod
5	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	permitting	permit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 process	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 digestion	det
8	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 digestion	amod
9	digestion	digestion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 permitting	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 food	case
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 digestion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a normal process	tree rules
2	permit	gerund	a normal process not said here	the further digestion of food	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent digestion=Theme
3	digest			food	nom digestion «process transitive»: of=patient

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