Exam question 4 · Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunt…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the consequences of the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone in 1995.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, reintroduce · To what, where: response, Yellowstone, consequences, wolves

This is exam question 4 of lesson 240 «Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunting together» 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	3 response	amod
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 consequences	det
11	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 reintroduction	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 reintroduction	det
14	reintroduction	reintroduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consequences	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 wolves	case
16	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 reintroduction	nmod
17	into	into	ADP	_	18 Yellowstone	case
18	Yellowstone	Yellowstone	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 1995	case
20	1995	1995	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Select	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	Yellowstone	in 1995	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 consequences of the reintroduction of wolves			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consequence=Experiencer
4	reintroduce			wolves			nom reintroduction «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 park was closed to visitors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 park	det
2	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 closed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 closed	aux:pass
4	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 visitors	case
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 closed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	past · passive		the park	visitors				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to visitor=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The grazing of riverbanks by elk diminished and trees recovered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grazing	det
2	grazing	grazing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 diminished	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 riverbanks	case
4	riverbanks	riverbank	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grazing	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 elk	case
6	elk	elk	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 riverbanks	nmod
7	diminished	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 recovered	cc
9	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 recovered	nsubj
10	recovered	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 diminished	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	diminish	past	the grazing of riverbanks by elk		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	recover	past	trees		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	graze			riverbanks by elk	nom grazing «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The elk population was entirely extinguished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 population	det
2	elk	elk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 population	compound
3	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 extinguished	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 extinguished	aux:pass
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 extinguished	advmod
6	extinguished	extinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extinguish	past · passive		the elk population				entirely property	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The wolves consumed the trees of the riverbanks in great quantity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolves	det
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 consumed	nsubj
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trees	det
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 consumed	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 riverbanks	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 riverbanks	det
8	riverbanks	riverbank	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 trees	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 quantity	case
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 quantity	amod
11	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past	the wolves	the trees of the riverbanks		great quantity			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Asset

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