Exam question 3 · Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nat…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the howling of wolves.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, wolves · What happens: select, establish, concern, howl · To what, where: response, howling

This is exam question 3 of lesson 283 «Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and bringing nature back» 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 howling	det
11	howling	howling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 wolves	case
13	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 howling	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 howling of wolves		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus howling=Experiencer
4	howl		wolves			nom howling «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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 is directed at the moon by reason of the light it emits

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 directed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 directed	aux:pass
3	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 moon	det
6	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 directed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 reason	case
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 directed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 light	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 light	det
11	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reason	nmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 emits	nsubj
13	emits	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 light	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	direct	present · passive	reason of the light	It		the moon			vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent subject=Theme at moon=Eventuality
2	emit	present	light	the light not said here					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source light=Theme

Option 2

It is performed exclusively upon nights of the full moon

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 performed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 performed	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 nights	case
6	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 moon	det
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 moon	amod
10	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nights	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive		It			night	exclusively property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It serves to summon the pack and to warn other packs, and bears no relation to the moon

The tree, 18 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	2 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 summon	mark
4	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 serves	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pack	det
6	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summon	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 warn	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 warn	mark
9	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 summon	conj
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 packs	amod
11	packs	pack	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 warn	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bears	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bears	cc
14	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 serves	obl
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 relation	det
16	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 moon	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 moon	det
19	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It	bears	to the moon	tree rules
2	summon	to-infinitive		the pack		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pack=Recipient
3	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive		other packs		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pack=Recipient

Option 4

It signifies that the wolf is in pain

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 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 pain	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wolf	det
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pain	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pain	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 pain	case
8	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the wolf			pain			tree rules

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