Exam question 1 · Snakes and lizards
Identify the organ by means of which a snake principally gathers scents from its surroundings.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, snake · What happens: identify, mean, gather · To what, where: organ, scents, surroundings · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 30 «Snakes and lizards» 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 | 3 organ | det |
| 3 | organ | organ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 means | case |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Identify | parataxis |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 which | case |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 gathers | obl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 snake | det |
| 9 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gathers | nsubj |
| 10 | principally | principally | ADV | _ | 11 gathers | advmod |
| 11 | gathers | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | ccomp |
| 12 | scents | scent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 gathers | obj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 surroundings | case |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 surroundings | nmod:poss |
| 15 | surroundings | surroundings | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 12 scents | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | 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 organ | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent organ=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | gather | present | a snake | scents | snake's surroundings | principally property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent scent=Theme from surroundings=Source |
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 eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 eyes | det |
| 2 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The forked tongue, conveying particles to an organ in the palate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tongue | det |
| 2 | forked | fork | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tongue | amod |
| 3 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 conveying | punct |
| 5 | conveying | convey | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 tongue | acl |
| 6 | particles | particle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 conveying | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 organ | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 organ | det |
| 9 | organ | organ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 conveying | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 palate | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 palate | det |
| 12 | palate | palate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 organ | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fork | participle | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | convey | gerund | the forked tongue not said here | particles | a organ in the palate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent particle=Topic to organ=Recipient |
Option 3
The nostrils alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 nostrils | det |
| 2 | nostrils | nostril | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 2 nostrils | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The scales of the belly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 scales | det |
| 2 | scales | scale | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 belly | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 belly | det |
| 5 | belly | belly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 scales | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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