Exam question 3 · The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what i…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the radioactivity of wild boar in Germany?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: radioactivity

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 radioactivity	det
10	radioactivity	radioactivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 boar	case
12	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 boar	amod
13	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 radioactivity	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 Germany	case
15	Germany	Germany	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 boar	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the radioactivity of wild boar in Germany				of the following statements; accurately property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It persists because boar consume subterranean fungi which accumulate radioactive caesium

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	2 persists	nsubj
2	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	7 fungi	case
4	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subterranean	compound
5	consume	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 boar	acl:relcl
6	subterranean	subterranean	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fungi	compound
7	fungi	fungus	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 persists	obl
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 accumulate	nsubj
9	accumulate	accumulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fungi	acl:relcl
10	radioactive	radioactive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 caesium	amod
11	caesium	caesium	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accumulate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	persist	present	It		because subterranean fungi	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	consume	present	boar not said here			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	accumulate	present	subterranean fungi	radioactive caesium		vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent caesium=Theme

Option 2

It derives from grass alone

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	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 grass	case
4	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 derives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			grass		alone property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from grass=Material

Option 3

It arises because the boar migrated from Ukraine across Poland in great numbers after 1986

The tree, 15 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	2 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	5 boar	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boar	det
5	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	obl
6	migrated	migrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 boar	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Ukraine	case
8	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 migrated	obl
9	across	across	ADP	_	10 Poland	case
10	Poland	Poland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 arises	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 numbers	case
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 numbers	amod
13	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arises	obl
14	after	after	ADP	_	15 1986	case
15	1986	1986	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 arises	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			Poland	after 1986	because the boar; in great numbers	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in number=Location
2	migrate	participle		the boar not said here		Ukraine			tree rules

Option 4

It has entirely disappeared since 1990

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 disappeared	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disappeared	aux
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 disappeared	advmod
4	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	since	since	ADP	_	6 1990	case
6	1990	1990	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 disappeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	present · perfect	It				since 1990	entirely property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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