Exam question 3 · Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning experiments in which the sound of flowing water was reproduced through a loudspeaker.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, flow, reproduce · To what, where: response, sound, concerning experiments

This is exam question 3 of lesson 242 «Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges» 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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 experiments	amod
10	experiments	experiment	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 reproduced	obl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sound	det
14	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 reproduced	nsubj:pass
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 water	case
16	flowing	flow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 water	amod
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sound	nmod
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 reproduced	aux:pass
19	reproduced	reproduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 experiments	acl:relcl
20	through	through	ADP	_	22 loudspeaker	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 loudspeaker	det
22	loudspeaker	loudspeaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 reproduced	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	flow	gerund					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	reproduce	past · passive		the sound of flowing water	concerning experiments	through a loudspeaker	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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

The beavers abandoned the vicinity permanently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beavers	det
2	beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 abandoned	nsubj
3	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vicinity	det
5	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandoned	obj
6	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	3 abandoned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	past	the beavers	the vicinity				permanently property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme vicinity=Source

Option 2

The beavers dismantled the loudspeaker entirely and consumed its wooden and metal parts over a period of some days

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beavers	det
2	beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dismantled	nsubj
3	dismantled	dismantle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 loudspeaker	det
5	loudspeaker	loudspeaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dismantled	obj
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 dismantled	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 consumed	cc
8	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dismantled	conj
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 parts	nmod:poss
10	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 parts	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 parts	cc
12	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 parts	compound
13	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 consumed	obj
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 period	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 period	det
16	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consumed	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 days	case
18	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	19 days	det
19	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismantle	past	the beavers	the loudspeaker				entirely property	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loudspeaker=Patient
2	consume	past	the beavers not said here	loudspeaker's wooden metal parts		a period of some days			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Asset

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The beavers deposited sticks upon the loudspeaker, indicating that building is in large measure instinctive

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beavers	det
2	beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deposited	nsubj
3	deposited	deposit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deposited	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 loudspeaker	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 loudspeaker	det
7	loudspeaker	loudspeaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposited	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 indicating	punct
9	indicating	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 instinctive	csubj
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 building	det
11	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 indicating	obj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 instinctive	cop
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 instinctive	case
14	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 instinctive	amod
15	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 instinctive	compound
16	instinctive	instinctive	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposited	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	deposit	past	the beavers	sticks	the loudspeaker	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stick=Theme upon loudspeaker=Destination
2	indicate	gerund		that building		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot building=Topic
3	is	present	indicating		large measure instinctive	tree rules

Option 4

The beavers exhibited no response of any description

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beavers	det
2	beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exhibited	nsubj
3	exhibited	exhibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 response	det
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exhibited	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 description	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 description	det
8	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 response	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhibit	past	the beavers	no response of any description					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme

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