Exam question 2 · The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and ot…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the nourishment of the blue whale.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» 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 nourishment	det
11	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 whale	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 whale	det
14	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 whale	amod
15	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 nourishment	nmod
16	.	.	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 nourishment of the blue whale		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nourishment=Experiencer

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 consumes no food during its adult life

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 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumes	obj
5	during	during	ADP	_	8 life	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 life	nmod:poss
7	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	It	no food			during food's adult life		vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Asset

Option 2

It subsists principally upon large sharks

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 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 sharks	case
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sharks	amod
6	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 subsists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon large sharks; principally property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It subsists upon seaweed alone

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 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 seaweed	case
4	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsists	obl
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon seaweed; alone property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It subsists principally upon krill, consuming up to several tonnes thereof daily

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 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 krill	case
5	krill	krill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsists	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 consuming	punct
7	consuming	consume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 subsists	advcl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 consuming	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 tonnes	case
10	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tonnes	amod
11	tonnes	tonne	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consuming	obl
12	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
13	daily	daily	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon krill; daily, principally, thereof property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	consume up	gerund						to several tonnes	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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