Exam question 2 · Owls of the world: barn owls, eagle owls, elf owls and bur…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the ear tufts of the Eurasian eagle owl?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: ear tufts

This is exam question 2 of lesson 301 «Owls of the world: barn owls, eagle owls, elf owls and burrowing owls» 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 tufts	det
10	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tufts	compound
11	tufts	tuft	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 owl	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 owl	det
14	Eurasian	eurasian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 owl	amod
15	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 owl	compound
16	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tufts	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the ear tufts of the Eurasian eagle owl				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

They constitute the external ears of the bird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitute	nsubj
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ears	det
4	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ears	amod
5	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 constitute	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 bird	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ears	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	They	the external ears of the bird					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ear=Pivot

Option 2

They are sensory organs for the detection of heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 organs	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 organs	cop
3	sensory	sensory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 organs	amod
4	organs	organ	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 detection	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 detection	det
7	detection	detection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 organs	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 heat	case
9	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 detection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	sensory organs				for the detection of heat	tree rules
2	detect			heat					nom detection «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They consist solely of feathers and are not organs of hearing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	5 feathers	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 feathers	case
5	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consist	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 organs	cc
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 organs	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 organs	advmod
9	organs	organ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consist	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 hearing	case
11	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 organs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They	feathers					tree rules
2	not is a	present	They not said here	organs				of hearing	tree rules

Option 4

They are horns of bone employed in combat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 horns	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 horns	cop
3	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 bone	case
5	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 horns	nmod
6	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 horns	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 combat	case
8	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	horns				of bone	tree rules
2	employ	participle		horns not said here		combat			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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