Exam question 2 · Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the antlers of the male elk.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, antlers

This is exam question 2 of lesson 372 «Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian brown bears» 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 antlers	det
11	antlers	antler	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 elk	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 elk	det
14	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 elk	amod
15	elk	elk	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 antlers	nmod
16	.	.	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	the antlers of the male elk		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus antler=Experiencer

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

They are grown each summer and shed each winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grown	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux:pass
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 summer	det
5	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grown	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shed	cc
7	shed	shed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	conj
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 winter	det
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · passive		They			summer		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	shed	past					winter		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 2

They are composed of wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 composed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 composed	aux:pass
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 wood	case
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		They				of wood	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 3

They are borne solely by the female

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 borne	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 borne	aux:pass
3	borne	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 borne	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 female	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 female	det
7	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 borne	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present · passive	the female	They				solely property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

They are retained throughout the life of the animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 retained	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 retained	aux:pass
3	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	6 life	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 life	det
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retained	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 animal	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animal	det
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 life	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		They			throughout the life of the animal		tree rules

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