Exam question 2 · Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth

Identify the principal stimulus which provokes a bull to charge the cape of a matador.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal stimulus · What happens: identify, provoke, charge · To what, where: principal stimulus, bull, cape

This is exam question 2 of lesson 209 «Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth» 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	4 stimulus	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stimulus	amod
4	stimulus	stimulus	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 provokes	nsubj
6	provokes	provoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stimulus	acl:relcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bull	det
8	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 provokes	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 charge	mark
10	charge	charge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 provokes	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cape	det
12	cape	cape	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 charge	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 matador	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 matador	det
15	matador	matador	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cape	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal stimulus	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent stimulus=Theme
2	provoke	present	the principal stimulus	a bull	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bull=Experiencer
3	charge	to-infinitive	the principal stimulus not said here	the cape of a matador	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location cape=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

The sound of the crowd alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sound	det
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 crowd	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crowd	det
5	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sound	nmod
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 crowd	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The movement of the cape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 movement	det
2	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 cape	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cape	det
5	cape	cape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 movement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move			the cape					nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The odour of the fabric

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 odour	det
2	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fabric	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fabric	det
5	fabric	fabric	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 odour	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The red colouration of the cape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 colouration	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 colouration	amod
3	colouration	colouration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 cape	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cape	det
6	cape	cape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 colouration	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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