Exam question 3 · Feathered dinosaurs: from Archaeopteryx to the chicken on…

Ascertain the anatomical composition of the furcula, commonly termed the wishbone.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, term · To what, where: anatomical composition, wishbone

This is exam question 3 of lesson 269 «Feathered dinosaurs: from Archaeopteryx to the chicken on your plate» 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	4 composition	det
3	anatomical	anatomical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 composition	amod
4	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 furcula	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 furcula	det
7	furcula	furcula	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 composition	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 termed	punct
9	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	10 termed	advmod
10	termed	term	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wishbone	det
12	wishbone	wishbone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 termed	obj
13	.	.	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 anatomical composition of the furcula					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent composition=Topic
2	term	past	you not said here	the wishbone				commonly property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wishbone=Theme

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

Two collarbones fused together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 collarbones	nummod
2	collarbones	collarbone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	fused	fuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 collarbones	acl
4	together	together	ADV	_	3 fused	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fuse	participle		Two collarbones not said here				together property	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

A single rib detached from the chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rib	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rib	amod
3	rib	rib	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	detached	detach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 rib	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 chest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chest	det
7	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 detached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detach	participle		a single rib not said here				from the chest	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent from chest=Co-Patient

Option 3

A bone of the foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bone	det
2	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 foot	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 foot	det
5	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bone	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A fragment of the skull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fragment	det
2	fragment	fragment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 skull	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skull	det
5	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fragment	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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