Exam question 3 · Rats and mice in the city, and the elephant and mouse myth

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the behaviour of the rat when presented with an unfamiliar food.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, present · To what, where: response, behaviour

This is exam question 3 of lesson 222 «Rats and mice in the city, and the elephant and mouse 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 behaviour	det
11	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 rat	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rat	det
14	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 behaviour	nmod
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 presented	advmod
16	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 concerning	advcl
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 food	case
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 food	det
19	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 food	amod
20	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 presented	obl
21	.	.	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 behaviour of the rat		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus behaviour=Experiencer
4	present	participle	the established facts not said here		with a unfamiliar food	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with food=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

The food is concealed and subsequently forgotten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 food	det
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 concealed	aux:pass
4	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 forgotten	cc
6	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	7 forgotten	advmod
7	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 concealed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present · passive		the food					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	forget	participle						subsequently property	tree rules

Option 2

The entire quantity is consumed without delay, before competitors arrive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 quantity	det
2	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 quantity	amod
3	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consumed	aux:pass
5	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 delay	case
7	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 arrive	punct
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 arrive	mark
10	competitors	competitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 arrive	nsubj
11	arrive	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consumed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive		the entire quantity				without delay	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	arrive	present	competitors						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The food is invariably rejected without examination

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 food	det
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rejected	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rejected	aux:pass
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 rejected	advmod
5	rejected	reject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 examination	case
7	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rejected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reject	present · passive		the food				without examination; invariably property	vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A small quantity is consumed and the animal awaits any ill effect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 quantity	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 quantity	amod
3	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consumed	aux:pass
5	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 awaits	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 awaits	nsubj
9	awaits	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consumed	conj
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 effect	det
11	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 effect	amod
12	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 awaits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive		a small quantity					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	await	present	the animal	any ill effect					tree rules

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