Exam question 3 · Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, gr…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the annual movements of the grey whale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, move · To what, where: annual movements, grey whale

This is exam question 3 of lesson 312 «Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, grey, right and minke» 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 movements	det
10	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 movements	amod
11	movements	movement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 whale	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 whale	det
14	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 whale	amod
15	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 movements	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the annual movements of the grey whale	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	move		the grey whale		nom movement «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

It travels some sixteen to twenty thousand kilometres, feeding in the Arctic and calving in Mexican lagoons

The tree, 17 words

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	2 travels	nsubj
2	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 kilometres	det
4	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 thousand	compound
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 twenty	case
6	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 sixteen	nmod
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 kilometres	nummod
8	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 travels	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 feeding	punct
10	feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 travels	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 Arctic	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Arctic	det
13	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 feeding	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 calving	cc
15	calving	calve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 feeding	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 lagoons	case
17	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 lagoons	amod
18	lagoons	lagoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 calving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	travel	present	It	some thousand kilometres		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	feed	gerund			the Arctic	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in arctic=Location
3	calve	gerund			Mexican lagoons	vn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It migrates overland between seas during the winter

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	2 migrates	nsubj
2	migrates	migrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	overland	overland	ADV	_	2 migrates	advmod
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 seas	case
5	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 migrates	obl
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 winter	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 winter	det
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 migrates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	migrate	present	It				winter	between seas; overland property	tree rules

Option 3

It remains throughout the year within a single bay

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	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	5 year	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 year	det
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obl
6	within	within	ADP	_	9 bay	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bay	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bay	amod
9	bay	bay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	It				year	within a single bay	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It travels from the Arctic to the Antarctic and calves upon the ice

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	2 travels	nsubj
2	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Arctic	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Arctic	det
5	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 travels	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Antarctic	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Antarctic	det
8	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 travels	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 calves	cc
10	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Antarctic	conj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 ice	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ice	det
13	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travels	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present	It		the Antarctic and calves	the Arctic		upon the ice	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to antarctic=Destination

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