Exam question 2 · Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocalisation attributed to the bald eagle in cinematographic productions.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, attribute · To what, where: response, vocalisation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 323 «Eagles: golden eagles, harpy eagles, Steller's sea eagles and eagle eyes» 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 vocalisation	det
11	vocalisation	vocalisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 vocalisation	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 eagle	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 eagle	det
15	bald	bald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 eagle	amod
16	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attributed	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 productions	case
18	cinematographic	cinematographic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 productions	amod
19	productions	production	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 eagle	nmod
20	.	.	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 vocalisation		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vocalisation=Experiencer
4	attribute	participle		the vocalisation not said here	to the bald eagle in cinematographic productions	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

It is the call of the golden eagle

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 call	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 call	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 call	det
4	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 eagle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eagle	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eagle	amod
8	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the call				of the golden eagle	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is customarily the call of the red-tailed hawk

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 call	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 call	cop
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	5 call	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 call	det
5	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 hawk	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hawk	det
8	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tailed	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 red	punct
10	tailed	tail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 hawk	amod
11	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 call	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the call				of the tailed hawk; customarily property	tree rules
2	tail	participle							vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is the authentic call of the bald eagle, recorded in the wild

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 call	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 call	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 call	det
4	authentic	authentic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 call	amod
5	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 eagle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eagle	det
8	bald	bald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 eagle	amod
9	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 call	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 recorded	punct
11	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 call	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 wild	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wild	det
14	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the authentic call				of the bald eagle	tree rules
2	record	participle				the wild			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in wild=Destination

Option 4

It is a sound produced entirely by machinery

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 sound	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sound	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sound	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sound	acl
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 produced	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 machinery	case
8	machinery	machinery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sound					tree rules
2	produce	participle		a sound not said here				by machinery; entirely property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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