Exam question 4 · The fish tank: water, gills, heaters and the right neighbo…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the clownfish represented in the film concerning Nemo.

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

This is exam question 4 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	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 clownfish	det
11	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 clownfish	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 film	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 film	det
15	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 represented	obl
16	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 Nemo	case
17	Nemo	Nemo	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 film	nmod
18	.	.	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 clownfish		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus clownfish=Experiencer
4	represent	participle		the clownfish not said here	in the film concern Nemo	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in film=Attribute
5	concern	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 species exists solely in animated films

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 species	det
2	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exists	nsubj
3	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 exists	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 films	case
6	animated	animated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 films	amod
7	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	the species			animated films		solely property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location

Option 2

The species requires no water whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 species	det
2	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 requires	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the species	no water				whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Precondition

Option 3

The species thrives in cold tap water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 species	det
2	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrives	nsubj
3	thrives	thrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
6	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	compound
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thrive	present	the species			cold tap water			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The species inhabits warm sea water and is unsuited to a cold freshwater tank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 species	det
2	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inhabits	nsubj
3	inhabits	inhabit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	compound
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inhabits	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 unsuited	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 unsuited	aux:pass
9	unsuited	unsuit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 inhabits	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 tank	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tank	det
12	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 tank	amod
13	freshwater	freshwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tank	compound
14	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unsuited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inhabit	present	the species	warm sea water					tree rules
2	unsuit	present · passive	the species not said here					to a cold freshwater tank	tree rules

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