Exam question 4 · Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe…

Ascertain the reason for which a collision between a motor vehicle and a moose is especially hazardous.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, collision · What happens: ascertain, be · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 4 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	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	17 hazardous	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 collision	det
7	collision	collision	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hazardous	nsubj
8	between	between	ADP	_	11 vehicle	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 vehicle	det
10	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vehicle	compound
11	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 collision	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 moose	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 moose	det
14	moose	moose	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vehicle	conj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 hazardous	cop
16	especially	especially	ADV	_	17 hazardous	advmod
17	hazardous	hazardous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reason	acl
18	.	.	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	is	present	a collision between a motor vehicle and a moose					for the reason; especially, hazardous 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 · ← Mova's choice

The animal regards vehicles as rival males during the rut and deliberately charges them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 regards	nsubj
3	regards	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 regards	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 males	case
6	rival	rival	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 males	amod
7	males	male	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 regards	obl
8	during	during	ADP	_	10 rut	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rut	det
10	rut	rut	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 males	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 charges	cc
12	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	13 charges	advmod
13	charges	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 regards	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 charges	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present	the animal	vehicles				as rival males during the rut	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent vehicle=Theme as male=Value
2	charge	present	the animal not said here	vehicles = vehicle				deliberately property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location they=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The length of the animal's legs places its heavy body at the height of the windscreen

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 length	det
2	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 places	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 legs	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 animal	case
7	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 places	compound
8	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 length	nmod
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 body	nmod:poss
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 body	amod
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 places	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 height	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 height	det
14	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 length	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 windscreen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 windscreen	det
17	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 height	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The animal cannot be observed in daylight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observed	nsubj:pass
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 observed	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 observed	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 observed	aux:pass
6	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 daylight	case
8	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not observe	can · passive		the animal		daylight			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

Option 4

The antlers of the animal are composed of metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 antlers	det
2	antlers	antler	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 composed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 animal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 antlers	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 composed	aux:pass
7	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 metal	case
9	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		the antlers of the animal				of metal	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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