Exam question 2 · Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film m…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the integument of Velociraptor.

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, integument

This is exam question 2 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	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 integument	det
11	integument	integument	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Velociraptor	case
13	Velociraptor	Velociraptor	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 integument	nmod
14	.	.	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 integument of Velociraptor		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus integument=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 was covered exclusively with large overlapping scales, as in a crocodile

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 covered	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 covered	aux:pass
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 covered	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 scales	case
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 scales	amod
7	overlapping	overlapping	ADJ	_	8 scales	amod
8	scales	scale	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 covered	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 crocodile	punct
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 crocodile	case
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 crocodile	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 crocodile	det
13	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		It				with large overlapping scales; exclusively property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with scale=Theme

Option 2

It was covered with a dense coat of fur

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 covered	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 covered	aux:pass
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 coat	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 coat	det
6	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 coat	amod
7	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 fur	case
9	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		It				with a dense coat of fur	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with coat=Theme

Option 3

It possessed neither feathers nor scales, but bare skin

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 possessed	nsubj
2	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	4 feathers	det
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possessed	obj
5	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	6 scales	cc
6	scales	scale	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feathers	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 skin	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 skin	cc
9	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 skin	amod
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	past	It	neither feathers nor scales				bare skin obl	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot feather=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Quill knobs upon the forearm bone attest to the presence of feathers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quill	quill	NOUN	_	2 knobs	compound
2	knobs	knob	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 attest	nsubj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 bone	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bone	det
5	forearm	forearm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bone	compound
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knobs	nmod
7	attest	attest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 presence	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 presence	det
10	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attest	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 feathers	case
12	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attest	infinitive	Quill knobs upon the forearm bone					to the presence of feathers	tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor/e2/