Exam question 3 · The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and froz…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the international objective designated «30 by 30», agreed in 2022?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: international objective · What happens: follow, characteris, designate, agree · To what, where: international objective, 30, 2022

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 objective	det
10	international	international	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 objective	amod
11	objective	objective	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 objective	acl
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 30	punct
14	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 designated	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 30	case
16	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 30	nmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 30	punct
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 agreed	punct
19	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 objective	acl
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 2022	case
21	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	19 agreed	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the international objective		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	designate	participle	the international objective not said here	30		by 30	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 30=Theme
4	agree speech: agree	participle		the international objective not said here	2022		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 protection of thirty per cent of land and sea by the year 2030

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protection	det
2	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 cent	case
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 cent	nummod
5	per	per	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cent	compound
6	cent	cent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protection	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 land	case
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cent	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sea	cc
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 land	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 year	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protection	nmod
14	2030	2030	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect		the year	thirty per cent of land and sea					nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 2

The establishment of thirty zoological gardens in every state

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 establishment	det
2	establishment	establishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 gardens	case
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 gardens	nummod
5	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gardens	amod
6	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 establishment	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 state	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 state	det
9	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gardens	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish			thirty zoological gardens in every state					nom establishment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The planting of thirty trees per person by the year 2030

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 planting	det
2	planting	planting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 trees	case
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 trees	nummod
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 planting	nmod
6	per	per	ADP	_	7 person	case
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trees	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 year	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 planting	nmod
11	2030	2030	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant		the year	thirty trees per person					nom planting «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 4

The rescue of thirty species within thirty years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rescue	det
2	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 species	case
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 species	nummod
5	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rescue	nmod
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 years	case
7	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rescue	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue			thirty species			within thirty years		nom rescue «act transitive»: of=patient within=obl

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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