Exam question 2 · Sharks by kind, small and strange: walking sharks, wobbego…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the cookiecutter shark.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, cookiecutter shark

This is exam question 2 of lesson 311 «Sharks by kind, small and strange: walking sharks, wobbegongs, cookiecutters and goblin sharks» 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 shark	det
11	cookiecutter	cookiecutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shark	compound
12	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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 cookiecutter shark		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shark=Experiencer

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 right answer

A shark of approximately half a metre removes circular portions of flesh from substantially larger animals

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shark	det
2	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 removes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 metre	case
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 half	advmod
5	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	7 metre	det:predet
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 metre	det
7	metre	metre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shark	nmod
8	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	circular	circular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 portions	amod
10	portions	portion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 removes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 flesh	case
12	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 portions	nmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 animals	case
14	substantially	substantially	ADV	_	15 larger	advmod
15	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 animals	amod
16	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 removes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	a shark of half metre	circular portions of flesh				from larger animals	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent portion=Theme from animal=Source

Option 2

A shark of approximately five metres attacks only vessels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shark	det
2	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attacks	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 metres	case
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 five	advmod
5	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 metres	nummod
6	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shark	nmod
7	attacks	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 vessels	advmod
9	vessels	vessel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 attacks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present	a shark of five metres	vessels					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Patient

Option 3

A shark of approximately half a metre subsists exclusively on seaweed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shark	det
2	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 subsists	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 metre	case
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 half	advmod
5	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	7 metre	det:predet
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 metre	det
7	metre	metre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shark	nmod
8	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	8 subsists	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 seaweed	case
11	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 subsists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	a shark of half metre					on seaweed; exclusively property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on seaweed=Patient

Option 4

A shark of approximately ten metres consumes whales in their entirety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shark	det
2	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consumes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 metres	case
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 ten	advmod
5	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 metres	nummod
6	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shark	nmod
7	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consumes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 entirety	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 entirety	nmod:poss
11	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consumes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	a shark of ten metres	whales		whales's entirety			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Asset

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