Exam question 2 · Minibeasts in the house: house spiders, silverfish, woodli…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the woodlouse?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: woodlouse

This is exam question 2 of lesson 370 «Minibeasts in the house: house spiders, silverfish, woodlice, moths and cockroaches» 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 woodlouse	det
10	woodlouse	woodlouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the woodlouse				of the following statements; accurately property	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

It is a worm devoid of legs

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 worm	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worm	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 worm	det
4	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	devoid	devoid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 worm	amod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 legs	case
7	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 devoid	obl

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

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

It is a crustacean, related to crabs, possessing fourteen legs

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 crustacean	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crustacean	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crustacean	det
4	crustacean	crustacean	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 related	punct
6	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crustacean	amod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 crabs	case
8	crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 related	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 possessing	punct
10	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 crustacean	appos
11	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 legs	nummod
12	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 possessing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a crustacean					tree rules
2	possess	gerund		fourteen legs					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme

Option 3

It is an insect possessing six legs

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 insect	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insect	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 insect	det
4	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 insect	acl
6	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 legs	nummod
7	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 possessing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a insect					tree rules
2	possess	gerund	a insect not said here	six legs					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme

Option 4

It is a spider possessing eight legs

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 spider	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spider	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spider	det
4	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 spider	acl
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 legs	nummod
7	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 possessing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a spider					tree rules
2	possess	gerund	a spider not said here	eight legs					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme

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