Exam question 2 · Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelicans, Black Sea dolphin…
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the feeding of the pelican.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, pelican · What happens: select, establish, concern, feed · To what, where: response, feeding
This is exam question 2 of lesson 374 «Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelicans, Black Sea dolphins, sturgeon and gobies» 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 feeding | det |
| 11 | feeding | feeding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 pelican | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 pelican | det |
| 14 | pelican | pelican | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 feeding | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 feeding of the pelican | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus feeding=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | feed | the pelican | nom feeding «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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 pouch serves exclusively for the storage of eggs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pouch | det |
| 2 | pouch | pouch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 serves | nsubj |
| 3 | serves | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | exclusively | exclusively | ADV | _ | 3 serves | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 storage | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 storage | det |
| 7 | storage | storage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 serves | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 eggs | case |
| 9 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 storage | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | present | the pouch | for the storage of eggs; exclusively property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for storage=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | store | eggs | nom storage «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Fish are transported for long distances within the water-filled pouch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 transported | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 transported | aux:pass |
| 3 | transported | transport | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 distances | case |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 distances | amod |
| 6 | distances | distance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 transported | obl |
| 7 | within | within | ADP | _ | 12 pouch | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 pouch | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 filled | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 water | punct |
| 11 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 pouch | amod |
| 12 | pouch | pouch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 transported | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transport | present · passive | Fish | for long distances; within the filled pouch | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | fill | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Water is drained from the pouch before the fish are swallowed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drained | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 drained | aux:pass |
| 3 | drained | drain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 pouch | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pouch | det |
| 6 | pouch | pouch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drained | obl |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 fish | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fish | det |
| 9 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drained | obl |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 swallowed | aux:pass |
| 11 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 drained | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drain | present · passive | Water | the pouch | before the fish | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from pouch=Source | |||
| 2 | swallow | present · passive | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V» |
Option 4
Fish are caught with the feet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 feet | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 feet | det |
| 6 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present · passive | Fish | with the feet | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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