Exam question 2 · Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bea…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the majority of bear species.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, diet

This is exam question 2 of lesson 320 «Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bear safety» 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 diet	det
11	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 majority	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 majority	det
14	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 diet	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 species	case
16	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 species	compound
17	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 majority	nmod
18	.	.	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 diet of the majority of bear species		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus diet=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

It consists exclusively of honey and the larvae of bees

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 honey	case
5	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 larvae	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 larvae	det
8	larvae	larva	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 honey	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 bees	case
10	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 larvae	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of honey and the larvae of bees; exclusively property	tree rules

Option 2

It consists predominantly of the flesh of large mammals

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	predominantly	predominantly	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 flesh	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flesh	det
6	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 mammals	case
8	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mammals	amod
9	mammals	mammal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 flesh	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of the flesh of large mammals; predominantly property	tree rules

Option 3

It consists exclusively of fish taken during migration

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 fish	case
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fish	acl
7	during	during	ADP	_	8 migration	case
8	migration	migration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of fish; exclusively property	tree rules
2	take	participle		fish not said here			during migration		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It consists predominantly of plant matter, the polar bear being the principal exception

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	predominantly	predominantly	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 matter	case
5	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 matter	compound
6	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 exception	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bear	det
9	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bear	amod
10	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 exception	nsubj
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 exception	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 exception	det
13	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 exception	amod
14	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 matter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of plant matter and the principal exception; predominantly property	tree rules
2	is a	gerund	the polar bear	the principal exception					tree rules

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