Exam question 3 · Where meat and fish come from, told honestly

Ascertain the consequence of the excessive capture of cod in the vicinity of Newfoundland.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, capture · To what, where: consequence, cod

This is exam question 3 of lesson 343 «Where meat and fish come from, told honestly» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 capture	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 capture	det
6	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 capture	amod
7	capture	capture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consequence	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 cod	case
9	cod	cod	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 capture	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 vicinity	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 vicinity	det
12	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cod	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Newfoundland	case
14	Newfoundland	Newfoundland	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 vicinity	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the consequence of the excessive capture of cod in the vicinity of Newfoundland					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	capture			cod in the vicinity of Newfoundland					nom capture «act transitive»: of=patient

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

No measurable consequence was observed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 consequence	det
2	measurable	measurable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 consequence	amod
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observed	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 observed	aux:pass
5	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	past · passive		no measurable consequence					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

Option 2

The cod relocated permanently to warmer waters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cod	det
2	cod	cod	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relocated	nsubj
3	relocated	relocate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	3 relocated	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 waters	case
6	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 waters	amod
7	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 relocated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relocate	past	the cod					to warmer waters; permanently property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The stock collapsed, fishing was closed in 1992, and recovery has remained incomplete for decades

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stock	det
2	stock	stock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collapsed	nsubj
3	collapsed	collapse	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 closed	punct
5	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 closed	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 closed	aux:pass
7	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 collapsed	parataxis
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 1992	case
9	1992	1992	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 closed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 remained	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 remained	cc
12	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 remained	nsubj:pass
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 remained	aux
14	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 closed	conj
15	incomplete	incomplete	ADV	_	14 remained	advmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 decades	case
17	decades	decade	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 remained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	collapse	past	the stock				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	close	past · passive		fishing		in 1992	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in 1992=Topic
3	remain	present · perfect · passive		recovery	decade	incomplete property	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute

Option 4

The population doubled in the subsequent year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 population	det
2	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doubled	nsubj
3	doubled	double	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 year	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 year	det
6	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 year	amod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doubled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double	past	the population				year		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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