Exam question 2 · The fish tank: water, gills, heaters and the right neighbo…
Identify the means by which fish obtain oxygen.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, fish · What happens: identify, mean, obtain · To what, where: oxygen · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 of lesson 203 «The fish tank: water, gills, heaters and the right neighbours» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Identify | ccomp |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 obtain | obl |
| 6 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 obtain | nsubj |
| 7 | obtain | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | ccomp |
| 8 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtain | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | the | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | obtain | present | fish | oxygen | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Theme |
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 right answer
Through the gills, from oxygen dissolved in the water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 3 gills | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gills | det |
| 3 | gills | gill | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 oxygen | punct |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 oxygen | case |
| 6 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gills | conj |
| 7 | dissolved | dissolve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 oxygen | acl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 water | det |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dissolved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dissolve | participle | oxygen not said here | the water | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Through lungs, from air at the surface in all species
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 2 lungs | case |
| 2 | lungs | lung | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 air | punct |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 air | case |
| 5 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lungs | appos |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 surface | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 surface | det |
| 8 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 air | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 species | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 species | det |
| 11 | species | species | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 surface | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Fish possess no requirement for oxygen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 possess | nsubj |
| 2 | possess | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 requirement | det |
| 4 | requirement | requirement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 possess | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 oxygen | case |
| 6 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 possess | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possess | present | Fish | no requirement | for oxygen | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot requirement=Theme |
Option 4
Through the fins, from the light
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 3 fins | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fins | det |
| 3 | fins | fin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 fins | punct |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 light | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 light | det |
| 7 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fins | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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