Exam question 3 · Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare blue animals, white a…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the animal commonly designated a black panther.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, animal · What happens: select, establish, concern, designate · To what, where: response, black panther

This is exam question 3 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	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 animal	det
11	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 designated	nsubj
12	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	13 designated	advmod
13	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 concerning	ccomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 panther	det
15	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 panther	amod
16	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 designated	obj
17	.	.	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			tree rules
4	designate	past	the animal	a black panther	commonly property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent panther=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

It is a lion lacking a mane

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	4 lion	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lion	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lion	det
4	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	lacking	lack	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 lion	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mane	det
7	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lacking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a lion					tree rules
2	lack	gerund	a lion not said here	a mane					tree rules

Option 2

It constitutes a separate species of black cat dwelling in Africa

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	5 species	det
4	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 species	amod
5	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 cat	case
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cat	amod
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 species	nmod
9	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 cat	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Africa	case
11	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 dwelling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a separate species of black cat					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme species=Pivot
2	dwell	gerund	black cat not said here			Africa			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in africa=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is invariably an albino animal

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	6 animal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 animal	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 animal	advmod
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 animal	det
5	albino	albino	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 animal	compound
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a albino animal				invariably property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is a leopard or jaguar possessing an excess of dark pigment

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	4 leopard	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 leopard	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 leopard	det
4	leopard	leopard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 jaguar	cc
6	jaguar	jaguar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leopard	conj
7	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 leopard	acl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 excess	det
9	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 possessing	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 pigment	case
11	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pigment	amod
12	pigment	pigment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 excess	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a leopard or jaguar					tree rules
2	possess	gerund	a leopard or jaguar not said here	a excess of dark pigment					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot excess=Theme

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