Exam question 4 · Owls of the world: barn owls, eagle owls, elf owls and bur…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the geographical distribution of owls.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, distribute · To what, where: response, geographical distribution, owls

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 distribution	det
11	geographical	geographical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 distribution	amod
12	distribution	distribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 owls	case
14	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 distribution	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the geographical distribution of owls		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus distribution=Experiencer
4	distribute			owls		nom distribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Owls occur upon every continent including Antarctica

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 continent	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 continent	det
5	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occur	obl
6	including	include	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 Antarctica	case
7	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 continent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Owls			every continent include Antarctica			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon continent=Location
2	include	gerund							vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Owls occur exclusively within the continent of Europe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 occur	advmod
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 continent	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 continent	det
6	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occur	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Europe	case
8	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 continent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Owls					within the continent of Europe; exclusively property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Owls occur solely within tropical forests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 occur	advmod
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 forests	case
5	tropical	tropical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 forests	amod
6	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occur	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Owls					within tropical forests; solely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Owls occur upon every continent with the exception of Antarctica

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 continent	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 continent	det
5	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occur	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 exception	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 exception	det
8	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occur	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Antarctica	case
10	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 exception	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Owls			every continent		with the exception of Antarctica	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon continent=Location
2	except			Antarctica					nom exception «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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