Exam question 3 · Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the popular assertion that persons swallow spiders whilst asleep.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, persons · What happens: select, establish, concern, swallow · To what, where: response, popular assertion

This is exam question 3 of lesson 244 «Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk» 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	12 assertion	det
11	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 assertion	amod
12	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 swallow	obj
14	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 swallow	nsubj
15	swallow	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 assertion	acl:relcl
16	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 swallow	obj
17	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	18 asleep	mark
18	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 swallow	advcl
19	.	.	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 popular assertion		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assertion=Experiencer
4	swallow	present	persons	the popular assertion		tree rules

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

It has been confirmed by extensive scientific measurement

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 confirmed	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 confirmed	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 confirmed	aux:pass
4	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 measurement	case
6	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 measurement	amod
7	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 measurement	amod
8	measurement	measurement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confirmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confirm	present · perfect · passive	extensive scientific measurement	It					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic

Option 2

It is restricted to persons residing near forests

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 restricted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 restricted	aux:pass
3	restricted	restrict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 persons	case
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 restricted	obl
6	residing	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 persons	acl
7	near	near	ADP	_	8 forests	case
8	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 residing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict	present · passive		It	persons				vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to person=Goal
2	reside	gerund	persons not said here			forests			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near forest=Location

Option 3

It occurs solely during the winter months

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 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 occurs	advmod
4	during	during	ADP	_	7 months	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 months	det
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 months	compound
7	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It				month	solely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No evidence supports it, and it was disseminated without proof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 evidence	det
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supports	nsubj
3	supports	support	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 supports	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 disseminated	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 disseminated	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 disseminated	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 disseminated	aux:pass
9	disseminated	disseminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 supports	conj
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 proof	case
11	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 disseminated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	support	present	no evidence	it					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	disseminate	past · passive		evidence				without proof	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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