Exam question 3 · More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' bed…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sleeping arrangements of chimpanzees.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, arrange · To what, where: response, sleeping arrangements, chimpanzees

This is exam question 3 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	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 arrangements	det
11	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 arrangements	amod
12	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 chimpanzees	case
14	chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 arrangements	nmod
15	.	.	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 sleeping arrangements of chimpanzees		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus arrangement=Experiencer
4	arrange			chimpanzees		nom arrangement «cognition 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

No resting place of any description is prepared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 place	det
2	resting	resting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 place	compound
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prepared	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 description	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 description	det
6	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 place	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 prepared	aux:pass
8	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	present · passive		no resting place of any description					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

The same cave is occupied throughout the year by the whole family group

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cave	det
2	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cave	amod
3	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occupied	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 occupied	cop
5	occupied	occupied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	8 year	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occupied	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	13 group	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 group	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 group	amod
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 group	compound
13	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occupied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the same cave				year	by the whole family group; occupied property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A fresh nest of bent branches is constructed in the trees on each night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 nest	det
2	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nest	amod
3	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 constructed	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 branches	case
5	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 branches	amod
6	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nest	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 constructed	aux:pass
8	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 trees	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trees	det
11	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 constructed	obl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 night	case
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 constructed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	present · passive		a fresh nest of bent branches		the trees	night		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4

The animals repose upon the bare ground in a heap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 repose	nsubj
3	repose	repose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ground	det
6	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ground	amod
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repose	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 heap	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 heap	det
10	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repose	present	the animals			a heap		upon the bare ground	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon ground=Location

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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