Exam question 4 · Bears

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the dietary habit of the giant panda.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, dietary habit

This is exam question 4 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	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	12 habit	det
11	dietary	dietary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 habit	amod
12	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 panda	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 panda	det
15	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 panda	amod
16	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 habit	nmod
17	.	.	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 dietary habit of the giant panda		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus habit=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

It consumes seals almost exclusively

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 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consumes	obj
4	almost	almost	ADV	_	5 exclusively	advmod
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 consumes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	It	seals				exclusively property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Asset

Option 2

It consumes honey almost exclusively

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 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumes	obj
4	almost	almost	ADV	_	5 exclusively	advmod
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 consumes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	It	honey				exclusively property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It consumes bamboo almost exclusively

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 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumes	obj
4	almost	almost	ADV	_	5 exclusively	advmod
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 consumes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	It	bamboo				exclusively property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bamboo=Asset

Option 4

It consumes fish almost exclusively

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 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumes	obj
4	almost	almost	ADV	_	5 exclusively	advmod
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 consumes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	It	fish				exclusively property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Asset

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