Exam question 4 · Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maatha…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the activity of citizen scientists?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: activity

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 activity	det
10	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 scientists	case
12	citizen	citizen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 scientists	compound
13	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 activity	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the activity of citizen scientists				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Members of the public record observations of wildlife and submit them to scientists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 submit	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 observations	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 observations	det
4	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 observations	amod
5	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observations	compound
6	observations	observation	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Members	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 wildlife	case
8	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observations	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 submit	cc
10	submit	submit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 submit	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 scientists	case
13	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 submit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	submit	infinitive	Members of the public record observations of wildlife	observations = observation	scientists				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to scientist=Recipient
2	observe			wildlife					nom observation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Rangers pursue poachers with trained dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rangers	ranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pursue	nsubj
2	pursue	pursue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	poachers	poacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pursue	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 dogs	case
5	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 dogs	amod
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pursue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pursue	present	Rangers	poachers				with trained dogs	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poacher=Theme
2	train	participle							vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Film-makers record animals for television

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makers	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Film	punct
3	makers	maker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 record	nsubj
4	record	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 record	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 television	case
7	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 record	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	Film makers	animals				for television	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Option 4

Professional scientists perform experiments in secret laboratories

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Professional	professional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 scientists	amod
2	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 perform	nsubj
3	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	experiments	experiment	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 perform	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 laboratories	case
6	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 laboratories	amod
7	laboratories	laboratory	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 perform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present	Professional scientists	experiments		secret laboratories			vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent experiment=Theme

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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