Exam question 3 · The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conser…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the recovery of the bald eagle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bald eagle · What happens: follow, characteris, recover · To what, where: recovery

This is exam question 3 of lesson 300 «The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conservation and food» 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	10 recovery	det
10	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 eagle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 eagle	det
13	bald	bald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 eagle	amod
14	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recovery	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the recovery of the bald eagle	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	recover		the bald eagle			nom recovery «event 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 · ← Mova's choice

It followed the adaptation of eagles to the consumption of plastic

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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 adaptation	det
4	adaptation	adaptation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 eagles	case
6	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 adaptation	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 consumption	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 consumption	det
9	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 plastic	case
11	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	past	It	the adaptation of eagles	the consumption of plastic	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent adaptation=Theme to consumption=Trajectory
2	adapt		eagles			nom adaptation «communication intransitive»: of=agent
3	consume			plastic		nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It followed the arrival of eagles from Africa

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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 arrival	det
4	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 eagles	case
6	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 arrival	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Africa	case
8	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 eagles	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	It	the arrival of eagles from Africa					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrival=Theme
2	arrive		eagles from Africa						nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It followed the prohibition of the pesticide DDT and the legal protection of the species

The tree, 15 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	2 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prohibition	det
4	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 DDT	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 DDT	det
7	pesticide	pesticide	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 DDT	compound
8	DDT	ddt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibition	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 protection	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 protection	det
11	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 protection	amod
12	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 DDT	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 species	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 species	det
15	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 protection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	past	It	the prohibition of the pesticide DDT and the legal protection of the species	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prohibition=Theme
2	prohibit			the pesticide DDT and the legal protection of the species	nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	protect			the species	nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It followed the provision of artificial food to every individual by the authorities

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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 provision	det
4	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 food	case
6	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 food	amod
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provision	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 individual	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 individual	det
10	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 authorities	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 authorities	det
13	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	It	the provision of artificial food		every individual		by the authorities	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent provision=Theme to individual=Trajectory
2	provide		artificial food						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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