Exam question 1 · Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the domestic silk moth.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, domestic silk moth

This is exam question 1 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» 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 moth	det
11	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 moth	amod
12	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 moth	compound
13	moth	moth	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 domestic silk moth		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus moth=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

It is a vigorous flier abundant in the wild forests of Asia and Europe

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	6 abundant	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 abundant	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 flier	det
4	vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 flier	amod
5	flier	flier	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 abundant	nsubj
6	abundant	abundant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 forests	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 forests	det
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 forests	amod
10	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 abundant	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Asia	case
12	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 forests	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Europe	cc
14	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Asia	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			the wild forests of Asia and Europe		abundant property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It subsists principally upon insects

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 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 insects	case
5	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 subsists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon insects; principally property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is incapable of proper flight and wholly dependent upon human beings

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 incapable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 flight	case
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 flight	amod
6	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incapable	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dependent	cc
8	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	9 dependent	advmod
9	dependent	dependent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 incapable	conj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 beings	case
11	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 beings	amod
12	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 dependent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	incapable				of proper flight	tree rules
2	be							upon human beings; wholly property	tree rules

Option 4

It constructs its cocoon from mud and leaves

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 constructs	nsubj
2	constructs	construct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cocoon	nmod:poss
4	cocoon	cocoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constructs	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 mud	case
6	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constructs	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 leaves	cc
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mud	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	present	It	its cocoon		mud and leaves			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent cocoon=Result from mud=Material

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