Exam question 3 · The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argenti…
Ascertain the manner in which sauropods processed the vegetation upon which they fed.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, sauropods · What happens: ascertain, process, feed · To what, where: manner, vegetation
This is exam question 3 of lesson 266 «The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argentinosaurus and Brontosaurus» 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 processed | obl |
| 6 | sauropods | sauropod | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 processed | nsubj |
| 7 | processed | process | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 manner | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 vegetation | det |
| 9 | vegetation | vegetation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 processed | obj |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 11 which | case |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 fed | obl |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fed | nsubj |
| 13 | fed | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 vegetation | acl:relcl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the manner | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Topic | ||||
| 2 | process | past | sauropods | the vegetation | the manner | tree rules | |||
| 3 | feed | past | sauropods = sauropod | upon the vegetation | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
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
It was swallowed without chewing and broken down slowly within the gut
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 swallowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 swallowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 5 chewing | mark |
| 5 | chewing | chew | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 swallowed | advcl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 broken | cc |
| 7 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 swallowed | conj |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 broken | compound:prt |
| 9 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 7 broken | advmod |
| 10 | within | within | ADP | _ | 12 gut | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 gut | det |
| 12 | gut | gut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 broken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | past · passive | It | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | chew | gerund | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | break down | participle | within the gut; slowly property | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
It was stored in pouches within the cheeks
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 stored | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stored | aux:pass |
| 3 | stored | store | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 pouches | case |
| 5 | pouches | pouch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stored | obl |
| 6 | within | within | ADP | _ | 8 cheeks | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cheeks | det |
| 8 | cheeks | cheek | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stored | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | store | past · passive | It | pouches | within the cheeks | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in pouch=Location |
Option 3
It was rejected after the extraction of its juices
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 rejected | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rejected | aux:pass |
| 3 | rejected | reject | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 extraction | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 extraction | det |
| 6 | extraction | extraction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rejected | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 juices | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 juices | nmod:poss |
| 9 | juices | juice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 extraction | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reject | past · passive | It | after the extraction of extraction's juices | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | extract | extraction's juices | nom extraction «process transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
It was chewed at great length by flattened molars
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 chewed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 chewed | aux:pass |
| 3 | chewed | chew | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 length | case |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 length | amod |
| 6 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chewed | obl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 molars | case |
| 8 | flattened | flatten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 molars | amod |
| 9 | molars | molar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 chewed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chew | past · passive | flattened molars | It | great length | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | flatten | participle | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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