Exam question 2 · How scientists find out: naturalists, Darwin, the microsco…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the voyage of Charles Darwin.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, voyage · To what, where: response, voyage, Charles

This is exam question 2 of lesson 264 «How scientists find out: naturalists, Darwin, the microscope and wildlife filming» 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 voyage	det
11	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Charles	case
13	Charles	Charles	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 voyage	nmod
14	Darwin	Darwin	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Charles	flat
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 voyage of Charles		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus voyage=Experiencer
4	voyage			Charles		nom voyage «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

He conducted his studies exclusively within England

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 conducted	nsubj
2	conducted	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 studies	nmod:poss
4	studies	study	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conducted	obj
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 conducted	advmod
6	within	within	ADP	_	7 England	case
7	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 conducted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	past	He	his studies				within England; exclusively property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent study=Theme
2	study		his = he						nom study «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He sailed aboard the Mayflower in the year 1620

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sailed	nsubj
2	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	aboard	aboard	ADP	_	5 Mayflower	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mayflower	det
5	Mayflower	Mayflower	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sailed	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 year	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sailed	obl
9	1620	1620	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	past	He				year	aboard the Mayflower	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He published his principal work immediately upon his return in 1836

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 published	nsubj
2	published	publish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 work	nmod:poss
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 work	amod
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 published	obj
6	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 published	advmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 return	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 return	nmod:poss
9	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 published	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 1836	case
11	1836	1836	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 published	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	publish	past	He	his principal work	1836	upon his return; immediately property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Result
2	work		his = he				nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent
3	return		his = he				nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He circumnavigated the globe aboard the Beagle between 1831 and 1836, collecting animals, plants and fossils

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 circumnavigated	nsubj
2	circumnavigated	circumnavigate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 globe	det
4	globe	globe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 circumnavigated	obj
5	aboard	aboard	ADP	_	7 Beagle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Beagle	det
7	Beagle	Beagle	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 circumnavigated	obl
8	between	between	ADP	_	9 1831	case
9	1831	1831	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 circumnavigated	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 1836	cc
11	1836	1836	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 1831	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 collecting	punct
13	collecting	collect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 circumnavigated	advcl
14	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 collecting	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 plants	punct
16	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 animals	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 fossils	cc
18	fossils	fossil	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 animals	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circumnavigate	past	He	the globe				aboard the Beagle; between 1831	tree rules
2	collect	gerund	He not said here	animals and plants and fossils					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

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