Exam question 1 · Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare blue animals, white a…

Identify the source of the pink colouration of the flamingo.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: source

This is exam question 1 of lesson 367 «Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare blue animals, white albinos and black panthers» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 source	det
3	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 colouration	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 colouration	det
6	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 colouration	amod
7	colouration	colouration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 source	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 flamingo	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flamingo	det
10	flamingo	flamingo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 colouration	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the source of the pink colouration of the flamingo					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent source=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Pigments ingested in its diet of small crustaceans and algae

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pigments	pigment	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	ingested	ingest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Pigments	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 diet	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 diet	nmod:poss
5	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ingested	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 crustaceans	case
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 crustaceans	amod
8	crustaceans	crustacean	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 diet	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 algae	cc
10	algae	alga	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 crustaceans	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ingest	participle		Pigments not said here		its diet of small crustaceans and algae			vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal

Option 2

A dye applied by its parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dye	det
2	dye	dye	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dye	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 parents	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 parents	nmod:poss
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 applied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	participle		a dye not said here				by dye's parents	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by parent=Destination

Option 3

The blood circulating beneath its feathers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blood	det
2	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	circulating	circulate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 blood	acl
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 feathers	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 feathers	nmod:poss
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 circulating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circulate	gerund	the blood not said here			blood's feathers			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath feather=Location

Option 4

A pink pigment manufactured from sunlight within its feathers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pigment	det
2	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pigment	amod
3	pigment	pigment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pigment	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 sunlight	case
6	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 manufactured	obl
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 feathers	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 feathers	nmod:poss
9	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 manufactured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manufacture	participle		a pink pigment not said here		sunlight		within sunlight's feathers	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from sunlight=Material

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