Exam question 1 · Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film m…
Identify the approximate dimensions of Velociraptor as established by its fossil remains.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish · To what, where: approximate dimensions
This is exam question 1 of lesson 268 «Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film mistakes» 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 dimensions | det |
| 3 | approximate | approximate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dimensions | amod |
| 4 | dimensions | dimension | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Velociraptor | case |
| 6 | Velociraptor | velociraptor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dimensions | nmod |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 established | mark |
| 8 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Identify | advcl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 remains | case |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 remains | nmod:poss |
| 11 | fossil | fossil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 remains | compound |
| 12 | remains | remains | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 8 established | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the approximate dimensions of Velociraptor | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent dimension=Theme | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | you not said here | by Velociraptor's fossil remains | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
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
Comparable to those of a mouse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comparable | comparable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 those | case |
| 3 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 1 Comparable | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 mouse | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 mouse | det |
| 6 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 those | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Comparable to those of an adult human
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comparable | comparable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 those | case |
| 3 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 1 Comparable | obl |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 human | mark |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 human | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 human | amod |
| 7 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 those | acl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Comparable to those of an elephant
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comparable | comparable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 those | case |
| 3 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 1 Comparable | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 elephant | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 elephant | det |
| 6 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 those | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Comparable to those of a turkey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comparable | comparable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 those | case |
| 3 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 1 Comparable | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 turkey | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 turkey | det |
| 6 | turkey | turkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 those | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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