Exam question 3 · Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other ne…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the bower constructed by the male bowerbird.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, construct · To what, where: response, bower

This is exam question 3 of lesson 243 «Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other nest makers» 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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bower	det
11	bower	bower	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 bower	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 bowerbird	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bowerbird	det
15	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bowerbird	amod
16	bowerbird	bowerbird	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 constructed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the bower		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bower=Experiencer
4	construct	participle		the bower not said here	by the male bowerbird	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

It constitutes a display ground for the attraction of females and is not employed as a nest

The tree, 17 words

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ground	det
4	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ground	compound
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 attraction	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attraction	det
8	attraction	attraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 females	case
10	females	female	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 attraction	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 employed	cc
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 employed	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 employed	advmod
14	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 constitutes	conj
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 nest	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 nest	det
17	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a display ground	for the attraction of females	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Pivot
2	not employ	present · passive			as a nest	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as nest=Attribute
3	attract			females		nom attraction «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It is the chamber wherein the eggs are incubated by both parents in turn throughout the spring

The tree, 17 words

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	4 chamber	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 chamber	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chamber	det
4	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	9 incubated	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eggs	det
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 incubated	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 incubated	aux:pass
9	incubated	incubate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 chamber	acl:relcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 parents	case
11	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	12 parents	det
12	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 incubated	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 turn	case
14	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 incubated	obl
15	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	17 spring	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 spring	det
17	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 incubated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the chamber					tree rules
2	incubate	present · passive	both parents	the eggs		turn	spring	wherein property	tree rules

Option 3

It is erected jointly by the male and the female

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	3 erected	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 erected	aux:pass
3	erected	erect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	jointly	jointly	ADV	_	3 erected	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 male	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 male	det
7	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 erected	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 female	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 female	det
10	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 male	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erect	present · passive	the male and the female	It				jointly property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product

Option 4

It is a store for food in times of scarcity, chiefly berries and insects

The tree, 14 words

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	4 store	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 store	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 store	det
4	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 store	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 times	case
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 store	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 scarcity	case
10	scarcity	scarcity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 times	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 berries	punct
12	chiefly	chiefly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 berries	amod
13	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 store	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 insects	cc
15	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 berries	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a store and chiefly berries and insects			time	for food	tree rules

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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