Exam question 1 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the body plan of an adult insect?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps» 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 plan	det
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plan	compound
11	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 insect	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 insect	det
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 insect	compound
15	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plan	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the body plan of a adult insect	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	plan		a adult insect		nom plan «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice

Eight legs and a body of two parts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 legs	nummod
2	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 body	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 body	det
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 legs	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 parts	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 parts	nummod
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 body	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Six legs and a body of three parts, the legs being attached to the thorax

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 legs	nummod
2	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 attached	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 body	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 body	det
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 legs	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 parts	case
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 parts	nummod
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 body	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 legs	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 legs	det
11	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 attached	nsubj:pass
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 attached	aux:pass
13	attached	attach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 thorax	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 thorax	det
16	thorax	thorax	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attach	gerund · passive		Six legs and a body of three parts				to the thorax	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to thorax=Co-Patient

Option 3

Four legs and a pair of feelers, with wings upon the head and abdomen

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 legs	nummod
2	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 pair	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pair	det
5	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 legs	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 feelers	case
7	feelers	feeler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pair	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wings	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 wings	case
10	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 legs	conj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 head	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 head	det
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wings	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 abdomen	cc
15	abdomen	abdomen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 head	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Six legs distributed two to each body part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 legs	nummod
2	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 distributed	nsubj
3	distributed	distribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 distributed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 part	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 part	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	compound
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 distributed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distribute	past	Six legs	two	each body part				vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent two=Theme to part=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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