Exam question 2 · Crocodiles and alligators
Identify the factor which determines the sex of crocodile hatchlings.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, factor · What happens: identify, determine, sex · To what, where: factor, sex, crocodile hatchlings
This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Crocodiles and alligators» 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 | 3 factor | det |
| 3 | factor | factor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 determines | nsubj |
| 5 | determines | determine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 factor | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sex | det |
| 7 | sex | sex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 determines | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 hatchlings | case |
| 9 | crocodile | crocodile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hatchlings | compound |
| 10 | hatchlings | hatchling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sex | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | 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 factor | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent factor=Theme | ||||
| 2 | determine | present | the factor | the sex of crocodile hatchlings | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sex=Topic | ||||
| 3 | sex | crocodile hatchlings | nom sex «act transitive»: of=patient |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The temperature at which the eggs are incubated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 temperature | det |
| 2 | temperature | temperature | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 which | case |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 incubated | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eggs | det |
| 6 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 incubated | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 incubated | aux:pass |
| 8 | incubated | incubate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 temperature | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | incubate | present · passive | the eggs | the temperature | tree rules |
Option 2
The month of laying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 month | det |
| 2 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 laying | case |
| 4 | laying | laying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 month | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The age of the mother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 age | det |
| 2 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 mother | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mother | det |
| 5 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 age | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The depth of the river in which the mother lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 depth | det |
| 2 | depth | depth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lives | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 river | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 river | det |
| 5 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 depth | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 which | case |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 mother | obl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 mother | det |
| 9 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 river | conj |
| 10 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | the depth of the river and the mother | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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