Exam question 2 · Animal myths put right: elephants and mice, lemmings, ostr…

Identify the principal reason for which the depiction of lemmings in a cinematographic production of 1958 is regarded as unreliable.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, regard, depict · To what, where: principal reason, depiction, lemmings

This is exam question 2 of lesson 295 «Animal myths put right: elephants and mice, lemmings, ostriches and goldfish» 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	18 regarded	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 depiction	det
8	depiction	depiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 regarded	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 lemmings	case
10	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 depiction	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 production	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 production	det
13	cinematographic	cinematographic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 production	amod
14	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lemmings	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 1958	case
16	1958	1958	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 production	nmod
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 regarded	aux:pass
18	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
19	as	as	ADP	_	20 unreliable	case
20	unreliable	unreliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 regarded	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	regard	present · passive		the depiction of lemmings in a cinematographic production of 1958	for the principal reason; as unreliable	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for which=Attribute
3	depict			lemmings in a cinematographic production of 1958		nom depiction «communication 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 animals were propelled over the cliff by the makers of the film

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 propelled	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 propelled	aux:pass
4	propelled	propel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 cliff	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cliff	det
7	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 propelled	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 makers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 makers	det
10	makers	maker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 propelled	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 film	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 film	det
13	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 makers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propel	past · passive	the makers of the film	the animals		the cliff			tree rules

Option 2

The animals were filmed in a region where lemmings do not occur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 filmed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 filmed	aux:pass
4	filmed	film	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 region	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 region	det
7	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 filmed	obl
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 occur	advmod
9	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 occur	nsubj
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 occur	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 occur	advmod
12	occur	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 region	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	film	past · passive		the animals		a region			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in region=Destination
2	not occur	present · do-support	lemmings						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The animals depicted were in fact squirrels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 squirrels	nsubj
3	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 animals	acl
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 squirrels	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 squirrels	case
6	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 squirrels	compound
7	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depict	participle		the animals not said here					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the animals					in fact squirrels	tree rules

Option 4

The scene was recorded entirely at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scene	det
2	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 recorded	aux:pass
4	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 recorded	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	past · passive		the scene			night	entirely property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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