Exam question 2 · Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, p…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the quills of the North American porcupine.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, quills

This is exam question 2 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	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	11 quills	det
11	quills	quill	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 porcupine	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 porcupine	det
14	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 porcupine	compound
15	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 porcupine	amod
16	porcupine	porcupine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 quills	nmod
17	.	.	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 quills of the North American porcupine		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus quill=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

They are venomous spines identical to those of fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 identical	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 identical	cop
3	venomous	venomous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spines	amod
4	spines	spine	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 identical	nsubj
5	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 those	case
7	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 identical	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 fish	case
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 those	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					to those; identical property	tree rules

Option 2

They are composed of bone and are shed annually

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 composed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 composed	aux:pass
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 bone	case
5	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 composed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 shed	cc
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shed	aux:pass
8	shed	shed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 composed	conj
9	annually	annually	ADV	_	8 shed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		They				of bone	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	shed	present · passive						annually property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»

Option 3

They number approximately thirty and may be discharged at an assailant from a considerable distance

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thirty	nsubj
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 They	appos
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	4 thirty	advmod
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 discharged	cc
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 discharged	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 discharged	aux:pass
8	discharged	discharge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 thirty	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 assailant	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 assailant	det
11	assailant	assailant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 discharged	obl
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 distance	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 distance	det
14	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 distance	amod
15	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 discharged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discharge	may · passive				a assailant		from a considerable distance	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: from distance=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They number approximately thirty thousand and are barbed hairs which cannot be projected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 number	nsubj
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 thousand	advmod
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 thousand	compound
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hairs	nummod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 barbed	cc
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 barbed	aux:pass
8	barbed	barb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 hairs	amod
9	hairs	hair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 number	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 projected	nsubj:pass
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 projected	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 projected	advmod
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 projected	aux:pass
14	projected	project	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 hairs	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	barb	present · passive							tree rules
2	not project	can · passive		thousand barbed hairs					vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value

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