Exam question 4 · Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian…

Ascertain the reason for which a bear reared in captivity can seldom be released into the wild.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, rear, release · To what, where: reason, bear, captivity, wild

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 released	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bear	det
7	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 released	nsubj:pass
8	reared	rear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bear	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 captivity	case
10	captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reared	obl
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 released	aux
12	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	14 released	advmod
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 released	aux:pass
14	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 wild	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wild	det
17	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 released	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	rear	participle		a bear not said here	captivity		vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	release	can · passive		a bear	the wild	for the reason; seldom property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

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

It never acquired the skills required to sustain itself

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 acquired	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 acquired	advmod
3	acquired	acquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skills	det
5	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 acquired	obj
6	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 skills	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sustain	mark
8	sustain	sustain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 required	xcomp
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 sustain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not acquire	past	It	the skills	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skill=Theme
2	require	participle		the skills not said here	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
3	sustain	to-infinitive		itself = it	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent itself=Theme

Option 2

Wild bears invariably adopt it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bears	amod
2	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 adopt	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 adopt	advmod
4	adopt	adopt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 adopt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	present	Wild bears	it				invariably property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Captivity renders bears unable to walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	compound
2	renders	render	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bears	compound
3	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bears	amod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 walk	mark
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unable	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	to-infinitive							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It is unable to tolerate the climate of forests

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 unable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	cop
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tolerate	mark
5	tolerate	tolerate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 climate	det
7	climate	climate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tolerate	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 forests	case
9	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 climate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		unable property	tree rules
2	tolerate	to-infinitive		the climate of forests		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer climate=Stimulus
3	acclimate		forests			nom climate «state intransitive»: of=agent

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