Exam question 4 · Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film m…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the evidence for pack hunting among the raptors?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: evidence

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 evidence	det
10	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 hunting	case
12	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hunting	compound
13	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 evidence	nmod
14	among	among	ADP	_	16 raptors	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 raptors	det
16	raptors	raptor	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hunting	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the evidence				of the following statements; for pack hunting among the raptors; accurately property	tree rules

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 derives principally from cinematic depiction

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 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 derives	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 depiction	case
5	cinematic	cinematic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 depiction	amod
6	depiction	depiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			cinematic depiction		principally property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from depiction=Material

Option 2

It is entirely absent, the animals having been solitary by proof

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	4 absent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 absent	cop
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 absent	advmod
4	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 animals	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animals	det
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 absent	conj
8	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 animals	acl
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 solitary	cop
10	solitary	solitary	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 having	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 proof	case
12	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 having	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		absent, entirely property	tree rules
2	have	gerund	the animals not said here		by proof	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a	participle		solitary		tree rules

Option 3

It is conclusive in respect of all species

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 conclusive	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conclusive	cop
3	conclusive	conclusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 respect	case
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conclusive	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 species	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 species	det
8	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			respect of all species		conclusive property	tree rules
2	respect			all species					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is limited, and the question remains open

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 limited	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 limited	cop
3	limited	limited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 remains	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 remains	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 question	det
7	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 remains	nsubj
8	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 limited	conj
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 remains	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					limited property	tree rules
2	remain	present	the question					open property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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/e4/