Exam question 2 · The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals

Identify the principal distinction between spiders and insects.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal distinction

This is exam question 2 of lesson 298 «The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals» 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 distinction	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 distinction	amod
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 spiders	case
6	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 distinction	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 insects	cc
8	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spiders	conj
9	.	.	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 principal distinction				between spiders and insects	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme

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

Spiders possess eight legs and two body parts, insects six legs and three

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possess	nsubj
2	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 legs	nummod
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possess	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 parts	cc
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 parts	nummod
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parts	compound
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 legs	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 insects	punct
10	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 parts	appos
11	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 legs	nummod
12	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 insects	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 three	cc
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 legs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Spiders	eight legs and two body parts					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme

Option 2

Spiders possess wings, insects possess none

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possess	nsubj
2	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possess	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 possess	punct
5	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 possess	nsubj
6	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 possess	conj
7	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	6 possess	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Spiders	wings					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wing=Theme
2	possess	present	insects	none					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot none=Theme

Option 3

Spiders are vertebrates, insects are invertebrates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 vertebrates	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 vertebrates	cop
3	vertebrates	vertebrate	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 invertebrates	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 insects	punct
5	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 vertebrates	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 invertebrates	cop
7	invertebrates	invertebrate	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Spiders	vertebrates and insects					tree rules
2	is a	present	vertebrates and insects	invertebrates					tree rules

Option 4

Spiders possess six legs and three body parts, insects eight legs and two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possess	nsubj
2	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 legs	nummod
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possess	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 parts	cc
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 parts	nummod
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parts	compound
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 legs	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 insects	punct
10	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 parts	appos
11	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 legs	nummod
12	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 insects	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 two	cc
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 legs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Spiders	six legs and three body parts					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme

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