Exam question 4 · Team players and partners: meerkats, naked mole rats, hudd…

Ascertain the benefit derived by each party in the association between the cleaner wrasse and its larger client fish.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, derive · To what, where: benefit, association

This is exam question 4 of lesson 241 «Team players and partners: meerkats, naked mole rats, huddles, cleaners (and do lemmings jump?)» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 benefit	det
3	benefit	benefit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 benefit	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 party	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 party	det
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 derived	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 association	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 association	det
10	association	association	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 derived	obl
11	between	between	ADP	_	14 wrasse	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wrasse	det
13	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wrasse	compound
14	wrasse	wrasse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 association	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 fish	cc
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 fish	nmod:poss
17	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 fish	amod
18	client	client	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fish	compound
19	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 wrasse	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the benefit					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent benefit=Topic
2	derive	participle		the benefit not said here		the association between the cleaner wrasse and association's larger client fish		by each party	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by party=Location

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

Only the client benefits, the cleaner receiving nothing for its labours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 benefits	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 benefits	det
3	client	client	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 benefits	compound
4	benefits	benefit	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cleaner	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cleaner	det
7	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 benefits	appos
8	receiving	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 cleaner	acl
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 receiving	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 labours	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 labours	nmod:poss
12	labours	labour	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	gerund	the cleaner not said here	nothing				for cleaner's labours	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme

Option 2

Only the cleaner benefits, the client being harmed by its sharp little bites

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 benefits	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cleaner	det
3	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 benefits	nsubj
4	benefits	benefit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 harmed	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 client	det
7	client	client	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 harmed	nsubj:pass
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 harmed	aux:pass
9	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 benefits	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	14 bites	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 bites	nmod:poss
12	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bites	amod
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bites	amod
14	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 harmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	benefit	present	the cleaner		vn benefit-72.2 «NP V»: agent=Beneficiary
2	harm	gerund · passive	client's sharp little bites	the client	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
3	bite		client		nom bite «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Neither party derives any advantage whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 party	det
2	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	nsubj
3	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 advantage	det
5	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 derives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	neither party	any advantage				whatsoever property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location advantage=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The client is freed of parasites, whereas the cleaner obtains nourishment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 client	det
2	client	client	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 freed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 freed	aux:pass
4	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 parasites	case
6	parasites	parasite	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 freed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 obtains	punct
8	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	11 obtains	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cleaner	det
10	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 obtains	nsubj
11	obtains	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 freed	advcl
12	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 obtains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	present · passive		the client				of parasites	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source of parasite=Theme
2	obtain	present	the cleaner	nourishment					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nourishment=Theme

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