Exam question 3 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dentition of the domestic dog?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: dentition

This is exam question 3 of lesson 326 «A puppy at home: the first weeks» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dentition	det
10	dentition	dentition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 dog	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 dog	det
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dog	amod
14	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dentition	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the dentition of the domestic dog				of the following statements; accurately 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 puppy possesses forty-two teeth and the adult twenty-eight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puppy	det
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	nsubj
3	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 teeth	nummod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 two	punct
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 forty	conj
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 possesses	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 eight	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 eight	det
10	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 eight	amod
11	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 eight	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 twenty	punct
13	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 teeth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	the puppy	forty teeth					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tooth=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The puppy possesses twenty-eight deciduous teeth and the adult forty-two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puppy	det
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	nsubj
3	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 eight	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 twenty	punct
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 teeth	nummod
7	deciduous	deciduous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 teeth	amod
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 possesses	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 two	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 two	det
11	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 two	amod
12	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 two	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 two	punct
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 teeth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	the puppy	eight deciduous teeth					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tooth=Theme

Option 3

Both possess thirty-two teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 possess	advmod
2	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 teeth	nummod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 two	punct
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 thirty	conj
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possess	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present		thirty teeth					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tooth=Theme

Option 4

The adult possesses no teeth whatever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	nsubj
3	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 teeth	det
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 possesses	obj
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 possesses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	the adult	no teeth					tree rules

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