Exam question 2 · Big wild animals in cities: wild boar, deer, coyotes, monk…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of a prolonged stare directed at a monkey?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, prolong, direct · To what, where: significance, prolonged stare

This is exam question 2 of lesson 368 «Big wild animals in cities: wild boar, deer, coyotes, monkeys and leopards» 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	10 significance	det
10	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 stare	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 stare	det
13	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 stare	amod
14	stare	stare	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 significance	nmod
15	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 stare	acl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 monkey	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 monkey	det
18	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 directed	obl
19	?	?	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 significance of a prolonged stare	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	prolong	participle			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
4	direct	participle	a prolonged stare not said here	at a monkey	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at monkey=Eventuality

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 right answer

It is liable to be interpreted as a threat

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	3 liable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 liable	cop
3	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 interpreted	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 interpreted	aux:pass
6	interpreted	interpret	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 liable	advcl
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 threat	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 threat	det
9	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 interpreted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					liable property	tree rules
2	interpret	to-infinitive · passive						as a threat	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: as threat=Attribute

Option 2

It is invariably interpreted as an expression of friendship

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 interpreted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 interpreted	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 interpreted	advmod
4	interpreted	interpret	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 expression	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 expression	det
7	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 interpreted	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 friendship	case
9	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expression	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interpret	present · passive		It				as a expression of friendship; invariably property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as expression=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is disregarded entirely by monkeys

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	3 disregarded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 disregarded	aux:pass
3	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 disregarded	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 monkeys	case
6	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disregarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	present · passive	monkeys	It				entirely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

It constitutes a request for food

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	4 request	det
4	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 request	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a request				for food	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme request=Pivot

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