Exam question 4 · Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelicans, Black Sea dolphin…

Ascertain the manner in which the round goby was conveyed from the Black Sea to the Great Lakes of North America.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, convey · To what, where: manner, round goby, Great Lakes

This is exam question 4 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	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	10 conveyed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 goby	det
7	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 goby	amod
8	goby	goby	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveyed	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 conveyed	aux:pass
10	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 Sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Sea	det
13	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Sea	compound
14	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conveyed	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 Lakes	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Lakes	det
17	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 Lakes	amod
18	Lakes	Lake	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 conveyed	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 America	case
20	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 America	compound
21	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Lakes	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	convey	past · passive		the round goby	the Great Lakes of North America	the manner		from the Black Sea	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from sea=Initial_Location to lake=Destination

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

By migration across the Atlantic Ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 migration	case
2	migration	migration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	across	across	ADP	_	6 Ocean	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Ocean	det
5	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ocean	compound
6	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 migration	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

In water held in the tanks of ships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 water	case
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obl
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 tanks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tanks	det
6	tanks	tank	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 held	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 ships	case
8	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tanks	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle				water		in the tanks of ships	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location

Option 3

Upon the feet and feathers of migrating birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 feet	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 feet	det
3	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 feathers	cc
5	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feet	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 birds	case
7	migrating	migrate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 birds	amod
8	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	migrate	gerund							tree rules

Option 4

By deliberate stocking for sport fishing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 stocking	case
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stocking	amod
3	stocking	stocking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 fishing	case
5	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fishing	compound
6	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stocking	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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