Exam question 3 · Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, p…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present status of wild chinchillas?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: present status

This is exam question 3 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	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 status	det
10	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 status	amod
11	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 chinchillas	case
13	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chinchillas	amod
14	chinchillas	chinchilla	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 status	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the present status of wild chinchillas				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

They are abundant and their numbers are increasing

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 abundant	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 abundant	cop
3	abundant	abundant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 increasing	cc
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 numbers	nmod:poss
6	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 increasing	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 increasing	aux
8	increasing	increase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 abundant	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					abundant property	tree rules
2	increase	present · progressive	their numbers						vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Both wild species are endangered following extensive hunting for fur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 species	det
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 species	amod
3	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 endangered	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 endangered	cop
5	endangered	endangered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 hunting	case
7	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hunting	amod
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 endangered	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 fur	case
10	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hunting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	both wild species					follow extensive hunting for fur; endangered property	tree rules
2	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They have never been hunted by human beings

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 hunted	nsubj:pass
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hunted	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 hunted	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 hunted	aux:pass
5	hunted	hunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 beings	case
7	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beings	amod
8	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hunted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hunt	present · perfect · passive	human beings	They					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

They became extinct in the wild before 1800

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 wild	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wild	det
6	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	obl
7	before	before	ADP	_	8 1800	case
8	1800	1800	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 became	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	They				before 1800	in the wild result; extinct property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in wild=Result

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