Exam question 2 · Bears by kind: the eight bears of the world

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the giant panda.

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, giant panda

This is exam question 2 of lesson 319 «Bears by kind: the eight bears of the world» 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	12 panda	det
11	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 panda	amod
12	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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 giant panda		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus panda=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 a true bear which subsists almost entirely upon bamboo, digesting it poorly

The tree, 14 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	5 bear	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bear	det
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bear	amod
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 subsists	nsubj
7	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	acl:relcl
8	almost	almost	ADV	_	9 entirely	advmod
9	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	7 subsists	advmod
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 bamboo	case
11	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 subsists	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 digesting	punct
13	digesting	digest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 bear	acl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 digesting	obj
15	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	13 digesting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a true bear		tree rules
2	subsist	present	a true bear		upon bamboo; entirely property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
3	digest	gerund	a true bear not said here	bamboo	poorly property	tree rules

Option 2

It is a member of the raccoon family which subsists principally upon meat and small birds

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	4 member	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 member	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 member	det
4	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 family	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
7	raccoon	raccoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 family	compound
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 member	nmod
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 subsists	nsubj
10	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 member	acl:relcl
11	principally	principally	ADV	_	10 subsists	advmod
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 meat	case
13	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 subsists	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 birds	cc
15	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 birds	amod
16	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 meat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a member				of the raccoon family	tree rules
2	subsist	present	a member					upon meat and small birds; principally property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is a marsupial which subsists upon eucalyptus

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 marsupial	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 marsupial	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 marsupial	det
4	marsupial	marsupial	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 subsists	nsubj
6	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 marsupial	acl:relcl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 eucalyptus	case
8	eucalyptus	eucalyptus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subsists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a marsupial					tree rules
2	subsist	present	a marsupial					upon eucalyptus	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is a true bear which subsists principally upon fish

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 bear	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bear	det
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bear	amod
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 subsists	nsubj
7	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	acl:relcl
8	principally	principally	ADV	_	7 subsists	advmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 fish	case
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 subsists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a true bear					tree rules
2	subsist	present	a true bear					upon fish; principally property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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