Exam question 3 · Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures

Ascertain the principal characteristic of the harvestman which distinguishes it from true spiders.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, harvestman · What happens: ascertain, distinguish · To what, where: principal characteristic, characteristic

This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatures» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 characteristic	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 characteristic	amod
4	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 harvestman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 harvestman	det
7	harvestman	harvestman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characteristic	nmod
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 distinguishes	nsubj
9	distinguishes	distinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 harvestman	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 distinguishes	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 spiders	case
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 spiders	amod
13	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 distinguishes	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal characteristic of the harvestman					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characteristic=Topic
2	distinguish	present	the harvestman	characteristic				from true spiders	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme from spider=Co-Theme

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

A single rounded body, two eyes, and no silk or venom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 body	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 body	amod
3	rounded	round	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 body	amod
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 eyes	punct
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 eyes	nummod
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 body	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 silk	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 silk	cc
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 silk	det
11	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 body	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 venom	cc
13	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 silk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	round	participle							vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Six legs and a pair of wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 legs	nummod
2	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 pair	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pair	det
5	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 legs	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 wings	case
7	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pair	nmod

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

Option 3

Eight eyes and a highly potent venom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 eyes	nummod
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 venom	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 venom	det
5	highly	highly	ADV	_	6 potent	advmod
6	potent	potent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 venom	amod
7	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eyes	conj

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

Option 4

The construction of orb webs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 construction	det
2	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 webs	case
4	orb	orb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 webs	compound
5	webs	web	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 construction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct			orb webs					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

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