Exam question 4 · Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and As…

Ascertain the manner in which the Przewalski's horse was preserved after it had perished in the wild.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, preserve, perish · To what, where: manner, horse, wild

This is exam question 4 of lesson 373 «Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and Askania-Nova» 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 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 preserved	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Przewalski	det
7	Przewalski	Przewalski	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 horse	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Przewalski	case
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 preserved	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 preserved	aux:pass
11	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 perished	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 perished	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 perished	aux
15	perished	perish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 preserved	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 wild	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wild	det
18	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 perished	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the manner		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	preserve	past · passive		the Przewalski's horse	the manner	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
3	perish	past · perfect · passive		horse	the wild	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 was crossed from zebras

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 crossed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 crossed	aux:pass
3	crossed	cross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 zebras	case
5	zebras	zebra	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 crossed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	past · passive		It				from zebras	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

It was bred in zoos

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 bred	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bred	aux:pass
3	bred	breed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 zoos	case
5	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breed	past · passive		It		zoos			tree rules

Option 3

It was cloned from bones

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 cloned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cloned	aux:pass
3	cloned	clone	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 bones	case
5	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cloned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clone	past · passive		It		bones			tree rules

Option 4

It was found again in Brazil

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 found	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	again	again	ADV	_	3 found	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Brazil	case
6	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · passive		It		Brazil	again		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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