Exam question 3 · Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the classification of the woodlouse.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, classify · To what, where: response, classification, woodlouse
This is exam question 3 of lesson 220 «Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones» 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 classification | det |
| 11 | classification | classification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 woodlouse | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 woodlouse | det |
| 14 | woodlouse | woodlouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 classification | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 classification of the woodlouse | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classification=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | classify | the woodlouse | nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient |
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
It is a mollusc and is therefore related to slugs
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 | 4 mollusc | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mollusc | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mollusc | det |
| 4 | mollusc | mollusc | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 related | cc |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 related | cop |
| 7 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 8 related | advmod |
| 8 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mollusc | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 slugs | case |
| 10 | slugs | slug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 related | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a mollusc | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | to slugs; related, therefore property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is a crustacean and is therefore related to crabs and shrimps
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 | 4 crustacean | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 crustacean | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 crustacean | det |
| 4 | crustacean | crustacean | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 related | cc |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 related | cop |
| 7 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 8 related | advmod |
| 8 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 crustacean | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 crabs | case |
| 10 | crabs | crab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 related | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 shrimps | cc |
| 12 | shrimps | shrimp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 crabs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a crustacean | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | to crabs and shrimps; related, therefore property | tree rules |
Option 3
It is an arachnid and is therefore related to spiders and scorpions
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 | 4 arachnid | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 arachnid | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 arachnid | det |
| 4 | arachnid | arachnid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 related | cc |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 related | cop |
| 7 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 8 related | advmod |
| 8 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 arachnid | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 spiders | case |
| 10 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 related | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 scorpions | cc |
| 12 | scorpions | scorpion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 spiders | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a arachnid | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | to spiders and scorpions; related, therefore property | tree rules |
Option 4
It is an insect and is therefore related to ants and bees
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 | 4 insect | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 insect | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 insect | det |
| 4 | insect | insect | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 related | cc |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 related | cop |
| 7 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 8 related | advmod |
| 8 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 insect | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 ants | case |
| 10 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 related | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 bees | cc |
| 12 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 ants | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a insect | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | to ants and bees; related, therefore property | tree rules |
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