Exam question 3 · Worms, snails and slugs

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the location of the visual organs of the garden snail.

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, location

This is exam question 3 of lesson 217 «Worms, snails and slugs» 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 location	det
11	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 organs	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 organs	det
14	visual	visual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 organs	amod
15	organs	organ	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 location	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 snail	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 snail	det
18	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 snail	compound
19	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 organs	nmod
20	.	.	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 location of the visual organs of the garden snail		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus location=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

They are situated at the extremities of the longer pair of tentacles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 situated	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 situated	aux:pass
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 extremities	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 extremities	det
6	extremities	extremity	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 situated	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 pair	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pair	det
9	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 pair	amod
10	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 extremities	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 tentacles	case
12	tentacles	tentacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pair	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	present · passive		They		the extremities of the longer pair of tentacles			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at extremity=Destination

Option 2

They are situated upon the anterior surface of the shell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 situated	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 situated	aux:pass
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 surface	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 surface	det
6	anterior	anterior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 surface	amod
7	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 shell	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shell	det
10	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	present · passive		They		the anterior surface of the shell			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon surface=Destination

Option 3

They are situated at the extremities of the shorter pair of tentacles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 situated	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 situated	aux:pass
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 extremities	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 extremities	det
6	extremities	extremity	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 situated	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 pair	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pair	det
9	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 pair	amod
10	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 extremities	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 tentacles	case
12	tentacles	tentacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pair	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	present · passive		They		the extremities of the shorter pair of tentacles			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at extremity=Destination

Option 4

They are situated beneath the muscular foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 situated	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 situated	aux:pass
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 foot	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 foot	det
6	muscular	muscular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 foot	amod
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	present · passive		They		the muscular foot			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme beneath foot=Destination

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