Exam question 3 · The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Przewalski's horse.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, horse

This is exam question 3 of lesson 382 «The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs» 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	Przewalski	Przewalski	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 horse	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Przewalski	case
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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	Przewalski's horse		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus horse=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 has never been in any danger of extinction

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	7 danger	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 danger	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 danger	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 danger	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 danger	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 danger	det
7	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 extinction	case
9	extinction	extinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 danger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present · perfect	It			any danger		of extinction	tree rules

Option 2

It survives only in legends of the zodiac

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 survives	nsubj
2	survives	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 legends	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 legends	case
5	legends	legend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 survives	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 zodiac	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 zodiac	det
8	zodiac	zodiac	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 legends	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	survive	present	It			legends of the zodiac			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in legend=Location

Option 3

It is a breed developed recently on the farms of Mongolia for racing

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 breed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 breed	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 breed	det
4	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	developed	develop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 breed	acl
6	recently	recently	ADV	_	5 developed	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 farms	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 farms	det
9	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 developed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Mongolia	case
11	Mongolia	Mongolia	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 farms	nmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 racing	case
13	racing	racing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 developed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a breed					tree rules
2	develop	participle		a breed not said here		the farms of Mongolia		for racing; recently property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on farm=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It became extinct in the wild and was restored from animals kept in zoos

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 wild	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wild	det
6	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 restored	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 restored	aux:pass
9	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 became	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 animals	case
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 restored	obl
12	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 animals	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 zoos	case
14	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	become	past	It			in the wild result; extinct property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in wild=Result
2	restore	past · passive				from animals	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»
3	keep	participle		animals not said here	zoos		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in zoo=Location

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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