Exam question 3 · Rodents: the biggest group of mammals and their ever-growi…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the classification of the rabbit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, classify · To what, where: classification, rabbit

This is exam question 3 of lesson 316 «Rodents: the biggest group of mammals and their ever-growing teeth» 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	10 classification	det
10	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 rabbit	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rabbit	det
13	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 classification	nmod
14	?	?	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 classification of the rabbit	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	classify		the rabbit		nom classification «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

It is an insectivore, possessing no incisors

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	4 insectivore	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insectivore	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 insectivore	det
4	insectivore	insectivore	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 possessing	punct
6	possessing	possess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 insectivore	conj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 incisors	det
8	incisors	incisor	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 possessing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a insectivore					tree rules
2	possess	gerund		no incisors					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot incisor=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is a marsupial, possessing a pouch for its young

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	4 marsupial	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 marsupial	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 marsupial	det
4	marsupial	marsupial	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 possessing	punct
6	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 marsupial	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pouch	det
8	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessing	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 young	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 young	nmod:poss
11	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a marsupial					tree rules
2	possess	gerund	a marsupial not said here	a pouch				for pouch's young	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pouch=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a lagomorph, possessing four upper incisors, and is not a rodent

The tree, 13 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	4 lagomorph	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lagomorph	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lagomorph	det
4	lagomorph	lagomorph	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 possessing	punct
6	possessing	possess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 lagomorph	conj
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 incisors	nummod
8	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 incisors	amod
9	incisors	incisor	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 possessing	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rodent	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 rodent	cc
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 rodent	cop
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 rodent	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 rodent	det
15	rodent	rodent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lagomorph	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a lagomorph and a rodent	tree rules
2	possess	gerund		four upper incisors	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot incisor=Theme
3	not is a	present		a rodent	tree rules

Option 4

It is a rodent, possessing two upper incisors which grow continuously throughout life

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	4 rodent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rodent	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rodent	det
4	rodent	rodent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 incisors	punct
6	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 incisors	amod
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 incisors	nummod
8	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 incisors	amod
9	incisors	incisor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rodent	appos
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 grow	nsubj
11	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 incisors	acl:relcl
12	continuously	continuously	ADV	_	11 grow	advmod
13	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	14 life	case
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a rodent			tree rules
2	possess	gerund					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	grow	present	possessing two upper incisors		life	continuously property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme throughout life=Location

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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