Exam question 4 · Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bee…

State the function of the lateral line of fishes.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state · To what, where: function

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 line	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 line	det
6	lateral	lateral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 line	amod
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 fishes	case
9	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 line	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the function of the lateral line of fishes					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent function=Topic

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

The detection of movement and pressure in the surrounding water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 detection	det
2	detection	detection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 movement	case
4	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 detection	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pressure	cc
6	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 detection	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
9	surrounding	surrounding	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 water	compound
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 detection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect			movement		the surrounding water			nom detection «cognition transitive»: of=patient in=place

Option 2

The digestion of food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 digestion	det
2	digestion	digestion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 food	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 digestion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	digest			food					nom digestion «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The production of colour for display

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 production	det
2	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 colour	case
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 display	case
6	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce			colour				for display	nom production «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 4

The absorption of oxygen from the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absorption	det
2	absorption	absorption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 oxygen	case
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absorption	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absorption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb			oxygen		the air			nom absorption «process transitive»: of=patient from=place

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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