Exam question 2 · Pigs: mud, snouts and brains

Identify the principal function of the snout of the domestic pig.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 2 of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» 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 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 snout	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 snout	det
7	snout	snout	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 pig	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pig	det
10	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pig	amod
11	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 snout	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of the snout of the domestic pig					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=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

Serving as an organ for climbing trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Serving	serve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	as	as	ADP	_	4 organ	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 organ	det
4	organ	organ	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Serving	obl
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 climbing	mark
6	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Serving	advcl
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 climbing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	gerund						as a organ	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as organ=Attribute
2	climb	gerund		trees					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme

Option 2

Regulating the body temperature by sweating through the nostrils on hot days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Regulating	regulate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 temperature	det
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 temperature	compound
4	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Regulating	obj
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 sweating	mark
6	sweating	sweat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Regulating	advcl
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 nostrils	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nostrils	det
9	nostrils	nostril	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sweating	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 days	case
11	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 days	amod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sweating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regulate	gerund		the body temperature					tree rules
2	sweat	gerund				the nostrils	day		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through nostril=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Rooting in the soil for roots and grubs, with great sensitivity of smell and touch

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rooting	root	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 soil	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rooting	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 roots	case
6	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rooting	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 grubs	cc
8	grubs	grub	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 roots	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sensitivity	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 sensitivity	case
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sensitivity	amod
12	sensitivity	sensitivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rooting	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 smell	case
14	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sensitivity	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 touch	cc
16	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 smell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	root	gerund				the soil		for roots and grubs; with great sensitivity of smell and touch	vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in soil=Location for root=Theme

Option 4

Producing the animal's characteristic squeal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Producing	produce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 squeal	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 animal	case
5	characteristic	characteristic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 squeal	amod
6	squeal	squeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Producing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	gerund		the animal's characteristic squeal					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent squeal=Result
2	squeal		the animal						nom squeal «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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