Exam question 2 · The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what i…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Red Forest.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Red Forest

This is exam question 2 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	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	12 Forest	det
11	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Forest	compound
12	Forest	Forest	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 Red Forest		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus forest=Experiencer

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

It was so named on account of the great numbers of red foxes which reside within it

The tree, 17 words

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	4 named	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 named	aux:pass
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 named	advmod
4	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 account	case
6	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 named	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 numbers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 numbers	det
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 numbers	amod
10	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 account	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 foxes	case
12	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 foxes	amod
13	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 numbers	nmod
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 reside	nsubj
15	reside	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 foxes	acl:relcl
16	within	within	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 reside	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	name	past · passive		It	account of the great numbers of red foxes		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	reside	present	red foxes			within account	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	account			the great numbers of red foxes			nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Its pines were killed by radiation and turned red-brown; younger trees have since grown

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 pines	nmod:poss
2	pines	pine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 killed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 killed	aux:pass
4	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 radiation	case
6	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 killed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 turned	cc
8	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 killed	conj
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 brown	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 red	punct
11	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 turned	xcomp
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 grown	punct
13	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 trees	amod
14	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 grown	nsubj:pass
15	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 grown	aux
16	since	since	ADV	_	17 grown	advmod
17	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 killed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kill	past · passive	radiation	Its pines		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	turn	past	radiation not said here		brown property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	grow	present · perfect · passive		younger trees	since property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It was painted red to serve as a warning

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 painted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 painted	aux:pass
3	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 painted	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 serve	mark
6	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 painted	advcl
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 warning	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 warning	det
9	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past · passive		It				red property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination
2	serve	to-infinitive						as a warning	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as warning=Attribute

Option 4

Its trees bear red flowers throughout the year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 trees	nmod:poss
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bear	nsubj
3	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 flowers	amod
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bear	obj
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	8 year	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present	Its trees	red flowers			year		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient

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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