Exam question 3 · The garden in winter: bare trees, tracks in the snow and w…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the physiological state of a hedgehog in hibernation?

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 336 «The garden in winter: bare trees, tracks in the snow and who sleeps where» 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	11 state	det
10	physiological	physiological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 state	amod
11	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 hedgehog	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 hedgehog	det
14	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 state	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 hibernation	case
16	hibernation	hibernation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hedgehog	nmod
17	?	?	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 physiological state of a hedgehog in hibernation				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 · ✓ the right answer

The rate of the heart is greatly reduced and the body cools nearly to the surrounding temperature

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 rate	det
2	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reduced	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 heart	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heart	det
5	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rate	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reduced	aux:pass
7	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	8 reduced	advmod
8	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cools	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 body	det
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cools	nsubj
12	cools	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reduced	conj
13	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	12 cools	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 temperature	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 temperature	det
16	surrounding	surround	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 temperature	amod
17	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cools	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reduce	present · passive		the rate of the heart	greatly property	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	cool	present	the body		to the surrounding temperature; nearly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	surround	gerund				vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The animal remains fully active beneath the snow

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 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fully	fully	ADV	_	5 active	advmod
5	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remains	xcomp
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 snow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snow	det
8	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 active	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the animal					active property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The body of the animal freezes solid until spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 freezes	nsubj
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 body	nmod
6	freezes	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 freezes	xcomp
8	until	until	ADP	_	9 spring	case
9	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 freezes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	present	the body of the animal				spring	solid property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The rate of the heart increases considerably and the body grows warmer than during the summer months

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 rate	det
2	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 increases	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 heart	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heart	det
5	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rate	nmod
6	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	6 increases	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grows	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 body	det
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grows	nsubj
11	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 increases	conj
12	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 grows	xcomp
13	than	than	ADP	_	12 warmer	fixed
14	during	during	ADP	_	17 months	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 months	det
16	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 months	compound
17	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	the rate of the heart					considerably property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	grow	present	the body				month	warm property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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