Exam question 4 · Sharks

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the longevity of the Greenland shark.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, longevity

This is exam question 4 of lesson 28 «Sharks» 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 longevity	det
11	longevity	longevity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 shark	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shark	det
14	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 shark	compound
15	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 longevity	nmod
16	.	.	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 longevity of the Greenland shark		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus longevity=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 · ✓ the right answer

It is believed to attain at least two hundred and seventy years

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 believed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 believed	aux:pass
3	believed	believe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 attain	mark
5	attain	attain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 believed	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 least	case
7	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 hundred	nmod
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	compound
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 seventy	cc
11	seventy	seventy	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	conj
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attain	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present · passive		It					tree rules
2	attain	to-infinitive					year		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It attains no more than seven years

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 attains	nsubj
2	attains	attain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	ADV	_	6 seven	advmod
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	6 seven	advmod
5	than	than	ADP	_	4 more	fixed
6	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attains	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attain	present	It				year		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is immortal

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 immortal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 immortal	cop
3	immortal	immortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					immortal property	tree rules

Option 4

It attains approximately twenty-seven years

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 attains	nsubj
2	attains	attain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	6 seven	advmod
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 seven	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 twenty	punct
6	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attains	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attain	present	It				year		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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