Exam question 4 · Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, p…

Ascertain the reason for which the hazel dormouse accumulates considerable fat during the autumn.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, hazel dormouse · What happens: ascertain, accumulate · To what, where: reason, considerable fat

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 accumulates	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dormouse	det
7	hazel	hazel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dormouse	compound
8	dormouse	dormouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accumulates	nsubj
9	accumulates	accumulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
10	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fat	amod
11	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accumulates	obj
12	during	during	ADP	_	14 autumn	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 autumn	det
14	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accumulates	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	accumulate	present	the hazel dormouse	considerable fat			autumn	for the reason	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fat=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

It is an indication of disease

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 indication	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 indication	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 indication	det
4	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 disease	case
6	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indication	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a indication				of disease	tree rules

Option 2

It permits the animal to float upon water during its long autumn migration across the sea

The tree, 16 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 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 float	mark
6	float	float	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permits	advcl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 float	obl
9	during	during	ADP	_	13 migration	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 migration	nmod:poss
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 migration	amod
12	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 migration	compound
13	migration	migration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 float	obl
14	across	across	ADP	_	16 sea	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sea	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 float	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	the animal				vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
2	float	to-infinitive			the sea	during water's long autumn migration	upon water	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme upon water=Source across sea=Trajectory
3	migrate		water					nom migration «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It sustains the animal through hibernation lasting up to approximately six months

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 sustains	nsubj
2	sustains	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sustains	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 hibernation	case
6	hibernation	hibernation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sustains	obl
7	lasting	last	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 hibernation	acl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 lasting	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 months	case
10	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	11 six	advmod
11	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 months	nummod
12	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lasting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	present	It	the animal				through hibernation	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent animal=Theme through hibernation=Instrument
2	last up	gerund	hibernation not said here				month		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It serves as a store of heat for its young in summer

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 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 store	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 store	det
5	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 heat	case
7	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 store	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 young	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 young	nmod:poss
10	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 summer	case
12	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It				summer	as a store of heat; for heat's young	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as store=Attribute

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