Exam question 3 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps

Ascertain the use made by leafcutter ants of the foliage which they harvest.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, ants · What happens: ascertain, make, harvest · To what, where: use, foliage

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 use	det
3	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 use	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 ants	case
6	leafcutter	leafcutt	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 ants	amod
7	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 foliage	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 foliage	det
10	foliage	foliage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ants	nmod
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 harvest	obj
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 harvest	nsubj
13	harvest	harvest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 foliage	acl:relcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the use		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Topic
2	make	participle		the use not said here	by leafcutter ants of the foliage	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	harvest	present	ants = ant	the foliage		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 roofing of their nest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 roofing	det
2	roofing	roofing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 nest	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 nest	nmod:poss
5	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roofing	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The cultivation of a fungus upon which they feed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cultivation	det
2	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fungus	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fungus	det
5	fungus	fungus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cultivation	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 feed	obl
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 feed	nsubj
9	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fungus	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present	they					upon a fungus	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	cultivate			a fungus					nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Direct consumption as food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Direct	direct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 consumption	amod
2	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 food	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumption	nmod

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

Option 4

The wrapping and protection of their eggs during the cold season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wrapping	det
2	wrapping	wrapping	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 protection	cc
4	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapping	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 eggs	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eggs	nmod:poss
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 protection	nmod
8	during	during	ADP	_	11 season	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 season	det
10	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 season	amod
11	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapping	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect			wrapping's eggs					nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient

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