Exam question 2 · Farm animals: milk, eggs, wool and meat

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the digestive system of the cow.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, digestive system

This is exam question 2 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	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 system	det
11	digestive	digestive	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 system	compound
12	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 cow	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cow	det
15	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 system	nmod
16	.	.	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 digestive system of the cow		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus system=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 · ← Mova's choice

It possesses four entirely separate stomachs

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 stomachs	nummod
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 separate	advmod
5	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stomachs	amod
6	stomachs	stomach	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possesses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	four separate stomachs					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stomach=Theme

Option 2

It possesses no stomach whatsoever

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 stomach	det
4	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 possesses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	no stomach				whatsoever property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stomach=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It possesses a single stomach of four compartments and re-chews its food

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stomach	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stomach	amod
5	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 compartments	case
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 compartments	nummod
8	compartments	compartment	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stomach	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 re-chews	cc
10	re-chews	re-chew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 possesses	conj
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 food	nmod:poss
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 re-chews	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	a single stomach of four compartments					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stomach=Theme
2	re-chew	present		stomach's food					tree rules

Option 4

It digests grass without the assistance of microbes

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 digests	nsubj
2	digests	digest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 digests	obj
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 assistance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 assistance	det
6	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 digests	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 microbes	case
8	microbes	microbe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 assistance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	digest	present	It	grass				without the assistance of microbes	tree rules
2	assist			microbes					nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient

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