Exam question 1 · The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what i…

Identify the principal reason for which populations of large mammals have increased within the Chornobyl exclusion zone.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, populations · What happens: identify, increase · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 1 of lesson 376 «The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what is still argued» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 increased	obl
7	populations	population	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 increased	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 mammals	case
9	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mammals	amod
10	mammals	mammal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 populations	nmod
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 increased	aux
12	increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 reason	acl:relcl
13	within	within	ADP	_	17 zone	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 zone	det
15	Chornobyl	Chornobyl	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 zone	compound
16	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 zone	compound
17	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 increased	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	increase	present · perfect	populations of large mammals					for the principal reason; within the Chornobyl exclusion zone	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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

A beneficial influence of radiation upon their health and their fertility

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 influence	det
2	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 influence	amod
3	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 radiation	case
5	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 influence	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 health	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 health	nmod:poss
8	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 influence	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fertility	cc
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 fertility	nmod:poss
11	fertility	fertility	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 health	conj

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The absence of hunting, agriculture and traffic following the evacuation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 hunting	case
4	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 agriculture	punct
6	agriculture	agriculture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hunting	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 traffic	cc
8	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hunting	conj
9	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 absence	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 evacuation	det
11	evacuation	evacuation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 following	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund	the absence of hunting and agriculture and traffic not said here	the evacuation					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evacuation=Theme
2	absent			hunting and agriculture and traffic					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A marked warming of the regional climate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 warming	det
2	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 warming	amod
3	warming	warming	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 climate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 climate	det
6	regional	regional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 climate	amod
7	climate	climate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warming	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	warm		the regional climate						nom warming «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The deliberate feeding of animals by the authorities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 feeding	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feeding	amod
3	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 animals	case
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feeding	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 authorities	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 authorities	det
8	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feeding	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed		animals						nom feeding «act intransitive»: of=agent

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