Exam question 1 · Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the guinea pig?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: guinea pig

This is exam question 1 of lesson 201 «Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C» 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 pig	det
10	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pig	compound
11	pig	pig	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 guinea pig				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

It is a marsupial native to Australia

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 native	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 native	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 native	det
4	marsupial	marsupial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 native	amod
5	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Australia	case
7	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 native	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		Australia			native property	tree rules

Option 2

It is a hybrid of the rabbit and the hamster

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	4 hybrid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hybrid	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hybrid	det
4	hybrid	hybrid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 rabbit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rabbit	det
7	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hybrid	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hamster	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hamster	det
10	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hybrid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a hybrid and the hamster				of the rabbit	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is a juvenile pig of African origin

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 pig	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pig	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pig	det
4	juvenile	juvenile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pig	compound
5	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 origin	case
7	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 origin	amod
8	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pig	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a juvenile pig				of African origin	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is a rodent of South American origin, domesticated in the Andes

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	4 rodent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rodent	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rodent	det
4	rodent	rodent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 origin	case
6	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 origin	compound
7	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 origin	amod
8	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rodent	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 domesticated	punct
10	domesticated	domesticate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rodent	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 Andes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Andes	det
13	Andes	Ande	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 domesticated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a rodent				of South American origin	tree rules
2	domesticate	participle				the Andes			vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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