Exam question 2 · Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the reindeer.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 318 «Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe deer, moose, muntjac and water deer» 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 reindeer	det
11	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	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 reindeer		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reindeer=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 · ✓ the right answer

It is the sole species of deer in which both sexes customarily bear antlers

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	5 species	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 species	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 species	det
4	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 species	amod
5	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 deer	case
7	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 species	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 bear	obl
10	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	11 sexes	det
11	sexes	sex	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bear	nsubj
12	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	13 bear	advmod
13	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 species	acl:relcl
14	antlers	antler	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the sole species				of deer	tree rules
2	bear	present	both sexes	antlers		the sole species		customarily property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antler=Patient

Option 2

It is a species of deer in which neither sex bears antlers

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 species	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 species	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 species	det
4	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 deer	case
6	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 species	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	12 antlers	det
9	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	11 bears	det
10	sex	sex	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bears	compound
11	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 antlers	compound
12	antlers	antler	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a species				of deer which bears antlers	tree rules

Option 3

It is a species of goat bearing permanent horns

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 species	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 species	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 species	det
4	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 horns	case
6	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bearing	compound
7	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 horns	compound
8	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 horns	amod
9	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 species	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a species				of bearing permanent horns	tree rules

Option 4

It is the sole species of deer native to Britain

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	5 species	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 species	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 species	det
4	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 species	amod
5	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 deer	case
7	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 species	nmod
8	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 species	amod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Britain	case
10	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 native	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the sole species				of deer	tree rules

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