Exam question 4 · The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and froz…

Ascertain the purpose of the facilities hereinafter referred to as frozen zoos.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, purpose, facilities · What happens: ascertain, refer, purpose

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 referred	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 facilities	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 facilities	det
6	facilities	facility	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 purpose	nmod
7	hereinafter	hereinafter	ADV	_	8 referred	advmod
8	referred	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	parataxis
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 referred	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 zoos	case
11	frozen	frozen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 zoos	amod
12	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 referred	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here		vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	refer	past	the purpose of the facilities	as frozen zoos; hereinafter property	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme
3	purpose		the facilities		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

The exhibition of ice sculptures of extinct species

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 exhibition	det
2	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sculptures	case
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sculptures	compound
5	sculptures	sculpture	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exhibition	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 species	case
7	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 species	amod
8	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sculptures	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhibit			ice sculptures of extinct species					nom exhibition «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The preservation in liquid nitrogen of cells, ova and sperm of rare animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 preservation	det
2	preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 nitrogen	case
4	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nitrogen	amod
5	nitrogen	nitrogen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preservation	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 cells	case
7	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 nitrogen	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ova	punct
9	ova	ova	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preservation	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sperm	cc
11	sperm	sperm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preservation	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 animals	case
13	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 animals	amod
14	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sperm	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The keeping of living animals in refrigerated enclosures so as to arrest their ageing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 keeping	det
2	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 animals	case
4	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 animals	amod
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeping	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 enclosures	case
7	refrigerated	refrigerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 enclosures	amod
8	enclosures	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 animals	nmod
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 arrest	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 arrest	mark
11	to	to	PART	_	12 arrest	mark
12	arrest	arrest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 keeping	advcl
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 ageing	nmod:poss
14	ageing	ageing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 arrest	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		of living animals in refrigerated enclosures	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	refrigerate	participle			tree rules
3	arrest	to-infinitive	enclosures's ageing		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ageing=Patient

Option 4

The storage of food for animals in zoological gardens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storage	det
2	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 food	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 storage	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 animals	case
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 storage	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 gardens	case
8	zoological	zoological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gardens	amod
9	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 animals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store			food				for animals in zoological gardens	nom storage «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

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