Exam question 3 · Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bee…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the vision of the honeybee?

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 232 «Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines» 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 vision	det
10	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 honeybee	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 honeybee	det
13	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 vision	nmod
14	?	?	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 vision of the honeybee				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

It perceives no colour whatsoever

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 perceives	nsubj
2	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 colour	det
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perceives	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 perceives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present	It	no colour				whatsoever property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus

Option 2

It perceives infrared radiation emitted by the petals of flowers

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 perceives	nsubj
2	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	infrared	infrared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 radiation	amod
4	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perceives	obj
5	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 radiation	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 petals	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 petals	det
8	petals	petal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 emitted	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 flowers	case
10	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 petals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present	It	infrared radiation					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer radiation=Stimulus
2	emit	participle		infrared radiation not said here				by the petals of flowers	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It perceives ultraviolet light but perceives red poorly

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 perceives	nsubj
2	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perceives	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 perceives	cc
6	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 perceives	conj
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 perceives	xcomp
8	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	6 perceives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present	It	ultraviolet light					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus
2	perceive	present						poorly, red property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It perceives red light with exceptional acuity

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 perceives	nsubj
2	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perceives	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 acuity	case
6	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 acuity	amod
7	acuity	acuity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perceives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present	It	red light				with exceptional acuity	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus

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