Exam question 1 · Farm animals: milk, eggs, wool and meat

Identify the principal reason for which a bull charges at the cape in the arena.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, bull · What happens: identify, charge · To what, where: principal reason, cape

This is exam question 1 of lesson 287 «Farm animals: milk, eggs, wool and meat» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 charges	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bull	det
8	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 charges	nsubj
9	charges	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 cape	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cape	det
12	cape	cape	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 charges	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 arena	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 arena	det
15	arena	arena	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 charges	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	charge	present	a bull			the cape		for the principal reason; in the arena	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at cape=Trajectory

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 sound of the trumpets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sound	det
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 trumpets	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trumpets	det
5	trumpets	trumpet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sound	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The movement of the cape, the animal being unable to perceive red distinctly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 movement	det
2	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 unable	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 cape	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cape	det
5	cape	cape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 movement	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 animal	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cape	conj
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 unable	cop
10	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 perceive	mark
12	perceive	perceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 unable	xcomp
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 perceive	xcomp
14	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	_	12 perceive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the movement of the cape and the animal		unable property	tree rules
2	perceive	to-infinitive	the movement of the cape and the animal not said here		distinctly, red property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	move			the cape and the animal		nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The scent of the matador

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scent	det
2	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 matador	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 matador	det
5	matador	matador	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scent			the matador					nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

An innate aversion to the colour red, which provokes the animal to fury

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 aversion	det
2	innate	innate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 aversion	amod
3	aversion	aversion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 provokes	nsubj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 red	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 red	det
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 red	compound
7	red	red	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 aversion	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 provokes	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 provokes	nsubj
10	provokes	provoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 animal	det
12	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 provokes	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 fury	case
14	fury	fury	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 provokes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provoke	present	a innate aversion to the colour red	the animal				to fury	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer

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