Exam question 2 · Turtles and tortoises
It is given that the temperature of a sea turtle nest is elevated. Identify the principal consequence for the hatchlings.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, elevate, identify · To what, where: It, temperature, principal consequence
This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Turtles and tortoises» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that the temperature of a sea turtle nest is elevated.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 elevated | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 temperature | det |
| 6 | temperature | temperature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 elevated | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 nest | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 nest | det |
| 9 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 turtle | compound |
| 10 | turtle | turtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 nest | compound |
| 11 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 temperature | nmod |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 elevated | aux:pass |
| 13 | elevated | elevate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | elevate | present · passive | the temperature of a turtle nest | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
Sentence 2: Identify the principal consequence for the hatchlings.
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 | 4 consequence | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 consequence | amod |
| 4 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 hatchlings | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hatchlings | det |
| 7 | hatchlings | hatchling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consequence | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | 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 principal consequence | for the hatchlings | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A greater proportion of females
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 proportion | det |
| 2 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 proportion | amod |
| 3 | proportion | proportion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 females | case |
| 5 | females | female | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 proportion | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
No consequence whatsoever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 consequence | det |
| 2 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 2 consequence | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A total failure of hatching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 failure | det |
| 2 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 failure | amod |
| 3 | failure | failure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 hatching | case |
| 5 | hatching | hatching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 failure | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | hatching | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4
A greater proportion of males
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 proportion | det |
| 2 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 proportion | amod |
| 3 | proportion | proportion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 males | case |
| 5 | males | male | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 proportion | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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