Exam question 3 · The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, drago…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the ceremony of swan upping.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, ceremony

This is exam question 3 of lesson 337 «The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, dragonflies and ice» 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 ceremony	det
11	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 upping	case
13	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 upping	compound
14	upping	upping	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ceremony	nmod
15	.	.	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 ceremony of swan upping		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ceremony=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 constitutes a race between swans upon the River Thames

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 race	det
4	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 swans	case
6	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 race	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 Thames	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Thames	det
9	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Thames	compound
10	Thames	Thames	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a race				between swans; upon the River Thames	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme race=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes an annual count of swans upon the River Thames, conducted chiefly to examine their health

The tree, 17 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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 count	det
4	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 count	amod
5	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 swans	case
7	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 count	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 Thames	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Thames	det
10	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Thames	compound
11	Thames	Thames	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 swans	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 conducted	punct
13	conducted	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 constitutes	conj
14	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	16 examine	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 examine	mark
16	examine	examine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 conducted	xcomp
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 health	nmod:poss
18	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 examine	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a annual count of swans upon the River Thames		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme count=Pivot
2	conduct	past				tree rules
3	examine	to-infinitive		swans's health	chiefly property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=Theme

Option 3

It involves the marking of every swan in Britain with a crown

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 involves	nsubj
2	involves	involve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 marking	det
4	marking	marking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 involves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 swan	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 swan	det
7	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marking	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Britain	case
9	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 swan	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 crown	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 crown	det
12	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 involves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	involve	present	It	the marking of every swan in Britain				with a crown	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marking=Theme
2	mark			every swan in Britain					nom marking «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It involves the removal of all swans to captivity for the winter

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 involves	nsubj
2	involves	involve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 removal	det
4	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 involves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 swans	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 swans	det
7	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 removal	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 captivity	case
9	captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 involves	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 winter	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 winter	det
12	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 involves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	involve	present	It	the removal of all swans			winter	to captivity	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent removal=Theme
2	remove			all swans					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

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