Exam question 2 · China's great rivers: the finless porpoise, the lost baiji…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Yangtze finless porpoise.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Yangtze finless porpoise

This is exam question 2 of lesson 379 «China's great rivers: the finless porpoise, the lost baiji, Chinese alligators and sturgeon» 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	13 porpoise	det
11	Yangtze	Yangtze	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 porpoise	compound
12	finless	finless	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 porpoise	compound
13	porpoise	porpoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	.	.	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 Yangtze finless porpoise		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus porpoise=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 · ✓ the right answer

It is the sole porpoise of fresh water and bears a low ridge instead of a dorsal fin

The tree, 18 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	5 porpoise	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 porpoise	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 porpoise	det
4	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 porpoise	amod
5	porpoise	porpoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 porpoise	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bears	cc
10	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 water	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ridge	det
12	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ridge	amod
13	ridge	ridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bears	nmod
14	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	18 fin	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	14 instead	fixed
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 fin	det
17	dorsal	dorsal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 fin	amod
18	fin	fin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 porpoise	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the sole porpoise				of fresh water and bears a low ridge; instead a dorsal fin	tree rules

Option 2

It has been extinct since 2006

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 extinct	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 extinct	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 extinct	cop
4	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	since	since	ADP	_	6 2006	case
6	2006	2006	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 extinct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · perfect	It				since 2006	extinct property	tree rules

Option 3

It possesses a tall dorsal fin

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fin	det
4	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fin	amod
5	dorsal	dorsal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fin	amod
6	fin	fin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	a tall dorsal fin					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fin=Theme

Option 4

It inhabits the open ocean exclusively

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 inhabits	nsubj
2	inhabits	inhabit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ocean	det
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ocean	amod
5	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inhabits	obj
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 inhabits	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inhabit	present	It	the open ocean				exclusively property	tree rules

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