Exam question 2 · Bears

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pelage and integument of the polar bear?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: pelage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 23 «Bears» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pelage	det
10	pelage	pelage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 integument	cc
12	integument	integument	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pelage	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 bear	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bear	det
15	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bear	amod
16	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 integument	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the pelage and integument of the polar bear				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

Its hairs are solid white, and its skin is white

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hairs	nmod:poss
2	hairs	hair	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 white	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 white	cop
4	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 white	amod
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 white	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 white	cc
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 skin	nmod:poss
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 white	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 white	cop
11	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 white	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Its hairs					white property	tree rules
2	is	present	its skin					white property	tree rules

Option 2

It is devoid of hair, and its skin is white

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	3 devoid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 devoid	cop
3	devoid	devoid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 hair	case
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoid	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 white	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 white	cc
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 skin	nmod:poss
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 white	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 white	cop
11	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 devoid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of hair; devoid property	tree rules
2	is	present	hair's skin					white property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its hairs are translucent and hollow, and its skin is black

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hairs	nmod:poss
2	hairs	hair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 translucent	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 translucent	cop
4	translucent	translucent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hollow	cc
6	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 translucent	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 black	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 black	cc
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 skin	nmod:poss
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 black	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 black	cop
12	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 translucent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Its hairs	translucent property	tree rules
2	be		Its hairs not said here		tree rules
3	is	present	its skin	black property	tree rules

Option 4

Its hairs are grey, and its skin is pink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hairs	nmod:poss
2	hairs	hair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grey	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grey	cop
4	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pink	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pink	cc
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 skin	nmod:poss
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pink	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 pink	cop
10	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grey	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Its hairs					grey property	tree rules
2	is	present	its skin					pink property	tree rules

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