Exam question 1 · Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lo…
Identify the group of parrots that includes the largest members of the parrot family.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, group · What happens: identify, include · To what, where: group, largest members
This is exam question 1 of lesson 303 «Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lorikeets and the cheeky kea» 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 group | det |
| 3 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 parrots | case |
| 5 | parrots | parrot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 group | nmod |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 includes | nsubj |
| 7 | includes | include | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 group | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 members | det |
| 9 | largest | large | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 members | amod |
| 10 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 includes | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 family | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 family | det |
| 13 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 family | compound |
| 14 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 members | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | 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 group of parrots | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent group=Theme | ||||
| 2 | include | present | the group of parrots | the largest members of the parrot family | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=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 ring-necked parakeets of Europe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 parakeets | det |
| 2 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 necked | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 ring | punct |
| 4 | necked | neck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 parakeets | amod |
| 5 | parakeets | parakeet | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Europe | case |
| 7 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 parakeets | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | neck | participle | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The keas of New Zealand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 keas | det |
| 2 | keas | kea | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Zealand | case |
| 4 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Zealand | flat |
| 5 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 keas | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The macaws of Central and South America
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 macaws | det |
| 2 | macaws | macaw | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Central | case |
| 4 | Central | Central | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 macaws | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 South | cc |
| 6 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Central | conj |
| 7 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 South | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The lorikeets of eastern Australia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lorikeets | det |
| 2 | lorikeets | lorikeet | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Australia | case |
| 4 | eastern | eastern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Australia | amod |
| 5 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lorikeets | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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