Exam question 1 · The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and froz…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the cloning of Tyrannosaurus rex.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, cloning

This is exam question 1 of lesson 297 «The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and frozen zoos» 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	11 cloning	det
11	cloning	cloning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 rex	case
13	Tyrannosaurus	Tyrannosaurus	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 rex	compound
14	rex	rex	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 cloning	nmod
15	.	.	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 cloning of Tyrannosaurus rex		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cloning=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

It is permitted exclusively in museums

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	3 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 permitted	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 museums	case
6	museums	museum	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		It		museums		exclusively property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in museum=Location

Option 2

It has been accomplished in a number of laboratories, though not made public

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	4 accomplished	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accomplished	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 accomplished	aux:pass
4	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 number	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 number	det
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accomplished	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 laboratories	case
9	laboratories	laboratory	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 number	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 made	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 made	mark
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 made	advmod
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 accomplished	conj
14	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accomplish	present · perfect · passive		It		a number of laboratories			vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	not make	participle						public property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It requires solely a mosquito preserved in amber

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 requires	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mosquito	det
5	mosquito	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
6	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mosquito	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 amber	case
8	amber	amber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	a mosquito				solely property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mosquito=Precondition
2	preserve	participle		a mosquito not said here		amber			vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is precluded, since the requisite DNA has not survived sixty-six million years

The tree, 14 words

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	3 precluded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 precluded	aux:pass
3	precluded	preclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 survived	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 survived	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 DNA	det
7	requisite	requisite	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 DNA	compound
8	DNA	DNA	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 survived	nsubj:pass
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 survived	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 survived	advmod
11	survived	survive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 precluded	advcl
12	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 six	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 sixty	punct
14	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 million	compound
15	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 years	nummod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 survived	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preclude	present · passive		It					vn exclude-107.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not survive	present · perfect · passive		the requisite DNA			year		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Circumstance

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