Exam question 1 · Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, p…

Identify the nature of the animal commonly designated the prairie dog.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, animal · What happens: identify, designate · To what, where: nature, prairie dog

This is exam question 1 of lesson 317 «Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, porcupines, chinchillas and dormice» 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 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 animal	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
7	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	8 designated	advmod
8	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 animal	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dog	det
10	prairie	prairie	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dog	compound
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 designated	obj
12	.	.	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 nature of the animal					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme
2	designate	past	the animal not said here	the prairie dog				commonly property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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

A marsupial which carries its young in a pouch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 marsupial	det
2	marsupial	marsupial	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 carries	nsubj
4	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 marsupial	acl:relcl
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 young	nmod:poss
6	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carries	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 pouch	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pouch	det
9	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	a marsupial	marsupial's young		a pouch			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent young=Value in pouch=Location

Option 2

A canine which dwells in burrows upon the prairie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 canine	det
2	canine	canine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 dwells	nsubj
4	dwells	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 canine	acl:relcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 burrows	case
6	burrows	burrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dwells	obl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 prairie	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prairie	det
9	prairie	prairie	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dwells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwell	present	a canine			burrows		upon the prairie	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in burrow=Location

Option 3

A species of bird which nests in the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 species	det
2	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bird	case
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 species	nmod
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 nests	nsubj
6	nests	nest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bird	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nests	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nest	present	bird			the ground			vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A ground squirrel which dwells in extensive subterranean colonies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 squirrel	det
2	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squirrel	compound
3	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 dwells	nsubj
5	dwells	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 squirrel	acl:relcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 colonies	case
7	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 colonies	amod
8	subterranean	subterranean	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 colonies	compound
9	colonies	colony	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dwells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwell	present	a ground squirrel			extensive subterranean colonies			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in colony=Location

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