Exam question 4 · The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what i…

Ascertain which of the following assertions concerning animals of the zone is in accordance with scientific evidence.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, concerning · What happens: ascertain, follow, concern, be · To what, where: animals, accordance

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 assertions	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 assertions	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 assertions	det
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 assertions	amod
6	assertions	assertion	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	ccomp
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 accordance	csubj
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 concerning	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 zone	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 zone	det
11	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 animals	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 accordance	cop
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 accordance	case
14	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assertions	nmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 evidence	case
16	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 evidence	amod
17	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 accordance	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	concern	gerund		animals of the zone			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer
4	is	present	concerning		accordance	with scientific evidence	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

Animals of the zone emit visible light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 emit	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 zone	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 zone	det
4	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Animals	nmod
5	emit	emit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 light	amod
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 emit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	infinitive	Animals of the zone	visible light					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source light=Theme

Option 2

All animals of the zone are sterile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sterile	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 zone	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 zone	det
5	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 animals	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sterile	cop
7	sterile	sterile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all animals of the zone					sterile property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The animals observed today are of normal appearance, and no giant mutants exist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 appearance	nsubj
3	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 animals	acl
4	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 observed	obl:unmarked
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 appearance	cop
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 appearance	case
7	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 appearance	amod
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 exist	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 exist	cc
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 mutants	det
12	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mutants	amod
13	mutants	mutant	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 exist	nsubj
14	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 appearance	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	observe	participle		the animals not said here	today		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the animals			of normal appearance	tree rules
3	exist	present	no giant mutants				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Wolves bearing several heads are frequently observed by the rangers of the zone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 observed	nsubj:pass
2	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Wolves	acl
3	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 heads	amod
4	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bearing	obj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 observed	aux:pass
6	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	7 observed	advmod
7	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 rangers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rangers	det
10	rangers	ranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 observed	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 zone	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 zone	det
13	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rangers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	gerund	Wolves not said here	several heads					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient
2	observe	present · passive	the rangers of the zone	Wolves				frequently property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

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