Exam question 3 · Raccoons, opossums and skunks

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the dentition of the Virginia opossum.

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, dentition

This is exam question 3 of lesson 224 «Raccoons, opossums and skunks» 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 dentition	det
11	dentition	dentition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 opossum	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 opossum	det
14	Virginia	Virginia	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 opossum	compound
15	opossum	opossum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dentition	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 dentition of the Virginia opossum		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dentition=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

It possesses fifty teeth, exceeding all other North American land mammals

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 teeth	nummod
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possesses	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 exceeding	punct
6	exceeding	exceed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 possesses	advcl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 mammals	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mammals	amod
9	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 mammals	compound
10	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mammals	amod
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mammals	compound
12	mammals	mammal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 exceeding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	fifty teeth					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tooth=Theme
2	exceed	gerund		all other North American land mammals					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mammal=Theme

Option 2

It possesses thirty-two teeth, as does the adult human

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 teeth	nummod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 two	punct
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 thirty	conj
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possesses	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 does	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 does	mark
9	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 possesses	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 does	obj
12	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 does	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	thirty teeth					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tooth=Theme
2	do	present		the adult				human property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Eventuality

Option 3

It possesses one hundred teeth, which are shed and replaced annually

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hundred	compound
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 teeth	nummod
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possesses	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shed	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 shed	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 shed	aux:pass
9	shed	shed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 teeth	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 replaced	cc
11	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 shed	conj
12	annually	annually	ADV	_	11 replaced	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	hundred teeth		vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tooth=Theme
2	shed	present · passive		hundred teeth		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source
3	replace	participle			annually property	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It possesses no teeth and consumes only soft food

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 teeth	det
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possesses	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 consumes	cc
6	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 possesses	conj
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 soft	advmod
8	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 food	amod
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consumes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	no teeth					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tooth=Theme
2	consume	present		soft food					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Asset

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