Exam question 3 · Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors an…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Arabian oryx.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Arabian oryx

This is exam question 3 of lesson 282 «Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors and the kakapo» 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	12 oryx	det
11	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 oryx	amod
12	oryx	oryx	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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 Arabian oryx		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus oryx=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

It became wholly extinct in 1972 and has not been seen since

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	4 extinct	advmod
4	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1972	case
6	1972	1972	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 became	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 seen	cc
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 seen	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 seen	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 seen	aux:pass
11	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 became	conj
12	since	since	ADP	_	11 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	It					in 1972 result; extinct property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1972=Result
2	not see	present · perfect · passive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»

Option 2

It is confined exclusively to European zoos

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 confined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 confined	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 zoos	case
6	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 zoos	amod
7	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		It		European zoos		exclusively property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to zoo=Destination

Option 3

It has never been threatened with extinction

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	5 threatened	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 threatened	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 threatened	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 threatened	aux:pass
5	threatened	threaten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 extinction	case
7	extinction	extinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threatened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not threaten	present · perfect · passive		It				with extinction	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was the first animal to pass from the status of extinct in the wild to that of vulnerable

The tree, 19 words

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	5 animal	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 animal	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 animal	amod
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pass	mark
7	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 animal	acl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 status	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 status	det
10	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pass	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 extinct	case
12	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 status	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 wild	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wild	det
15	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pass	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 that	case
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 pass	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 vulnerable	case
19	vulnerable	vulnerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 that	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the first animal					tree rules
2	pass	to-infinitive				the status of extinct		in the wild; to the first animal	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from status=Initial_Location to that=Destination

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