Exam question 2 · More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' bed…

Identify the principal material employed by wasps in the construction of their nests.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, employ, construct · To what, where: principal material, construction, nests

This is exam question 2 of lesson 245 «More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' beds and sand circles» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 material	det
3	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 material	compound
4	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 material	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 wasps	case
7	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 employed	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 construction	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 construction	det
10	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 employed	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 nests	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 nests	nmod:poss
13	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 construction	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal material			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme
2	employ	participle		the principal material not said here	the construction of wasps's nests	by wasps	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	construct			wasps's nests			nom construction «act 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 right answer

Wood fibres masticated with saliva to form paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fibres	compound
2	fibres	fibre	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	masticated	masticate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fibres	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 saliva	case
5	saliva	saliva	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 masticated	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 form	mark
7	form	form	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 masticated	advcl
8	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 form	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	masticate	participle		Wood fibres not said here				with saliva	vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	form	to-infinitive		paper					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location paper=Theme

Option 2

Mud collected from the margins of ponds and streams

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Mud	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 margins	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 margins	det
5	margins	margin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collected	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 ponds	case
7	ponds	pond	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 margins	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 streams	cc
9	streams	stream	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ponds	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	participle		Mud not said here		the margins of ponds and streams			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from margin=Source

Option 3

Leaves joined together with spider silk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	joined	join	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Leaves	acl
3	together	together	ADV	_	2 joined	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 silk	case
5	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 silk	compound
6	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 joined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	participle		Leaves not said here				with spider silk; together property	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with silk=Co-Patient

Option 4

Wax secreted in the manner of the honeybee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wax	Wax	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 secreted	nsubj
2	secreted	secrete	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 manner	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 manner	det
5	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 secreted	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 honeybee	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 honeybee	det
8	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 manner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secrete	past	Wax			the manner of the honeybee			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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