Exam question 3 · Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can myth

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the domestic goat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, diet

This is exam question 3 of lesson 211 «Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can 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	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 diet	det
11	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 goat	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 goat	det
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 goat	amod
15	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 diet	nmod
16	.	.	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 diet of the domestic goat		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus diet=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 right answer

Leaves, twigs and shrubs are preferred, and inedible objects are merely explored with the lips

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 preferred	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 twigs	punct
3	twigs	twig	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Leaves	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shrubs	cc
5	shrubs	shrub	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Leaves	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 preferred	cop
7	preferred	preferred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 explored	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 explored	cc
10	inedible	inedible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 objects	amod
11	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 explored	nsubj:pass
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 explored	aux:pass
13	merely	merely	ADV	_	14 explored	advmod
14	explored	explore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 preferred	conj
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 lips	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lips	det
17	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 explored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Leaves and twigs and shrubs					preferred property	tree rules
2	explore	present · passive		inedible objects				with the lips; merely property	vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location

Option 2

Grass constitutes its exclusive diet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 diet	nmod:poss
4	exclusive	exclusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 diet	amod
5	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	Grass	Grass's exclusive diet					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme diet=Pivot

Option 3

It subsists principally upon meat

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	2 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 meat	case
5	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon meat; principally property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Metallic containers are consumed and digested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Metallic	metallic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 containers	amod
2	containers	container	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consumed	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consumed	aux:pass
4	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 digested	cc
6	digested	digest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 consumed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive		Metallic containers					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	digest	participle							tree rules

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