Exam question 3 · Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maatha…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Wangari Maathai.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 284 «Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maathai and the rangers» 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	Wangari	Wangari	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Maathai	compound
11	Maathai	Maathai	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	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	Wangari Maathai		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus maathai=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

She discovered the use of tools by chimpanzees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 discovered	nsubj
2	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 use	det
4	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discovered	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 tools	case
6	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 use	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 chimpanzees	case
8	chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 discovered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past	She	the use of tools				by chimpanzees	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Topic
2	use			tools					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

She presented nature films for over seventy years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 presented	nsubj
2	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 films	compound
4	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 presented	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
6	over	over	ADV	_	7 seventy	advmod
7	seventy	seventy	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	past	She	nature films			year		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme

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

She founded the Green Belt Movement and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 founded	nsubj
2	founded	found	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Movement	det
4	Green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Movement	amod
5	Belt	Belt	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Movement	compound
6	Movement	Movement	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 founded	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 awarded	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 awarded	aux:pass
9	awarded	award	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 founded	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Prize	det
11	Nobel	Nobel	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Prize	compound
12	Peace	Peace	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Prize	compound
13	Prize	Prize	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 awarded	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 2004	case
15	2004	2004	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 awarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past	She	the Green Belt Movement					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent movement=Patient
2	award	past · passive	She not said here	the Nobel Peace Prize		2004			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: prize=Theme

Option 4

She founded Jersey Zoo and studied gorillas in Rwanda

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 founded	nsubj
2	founded	found	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jersey	Jersey	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Zoo	compound
4	Zoo	Zoo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 founded	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 studied	cc
6	studied	study	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 founded	conj
7	gorillas	gorilla	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 studied	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Rwanda	case
9	Rwanda	Rwanda	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 studied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past	She	Jersey Zoo					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zoo=Patient
2	study	past	She not said here	gorillas		Rwanda			vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gorilla=Topic

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