Exam question 4 · The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of the domestic chicken?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: origin
This is exam question 4 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 characterises | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 statements | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 statements | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 statements | amod |
| 5 | statements | statement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obl |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 accurately | advmod |
| 7 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 8 characterises | advmod |
| 8 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 origin | det |
| 10 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 chicken | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 chicken | det |
| 13 | domestic | domestic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 chicken | compound |
| 14 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 origin | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the origin of the domestic chicken | of the following statements; accurately property | 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 · ← Mova's choice
It is descended from the wild turkey of America
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 descended | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 descended | aux:pass |
| 3 | descended | descend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 turkey | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 turkey | det |
| 6 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 turkey | amod |
| 7 | turkey | turkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 descended | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 America | case |
| 9 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 turkey | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | descend | present · passive | It | the wild turkey of America | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
It is descended from the European pheasant
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 descended | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 descended | aux:pass |
| 3 | descended | descend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 pheasant | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pheasant | det |
| 6 | European | European | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pheasant | amod |
| 7 | pheasant | pheasant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 descended | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | descend | present · passive | It | the European pheasant | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is descended from the red junglefowl of southern China and South-East Asia
The tree, 14 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 | 3 descended | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 descended | aux:pass |
| 3 | descended | descend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 junglefowl | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 junglefowl | det |
| 6 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 junglefowl | amod |
| 7 | junglefowl | junglefowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 descended | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 China | case |
| 9 | southern | southern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 China | amod |
| 10 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 junglefowl | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 South | cc |
| 12 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 China | conj |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 Asia | punct |
| 14 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Asia | compound |
| 15 | Asia | Asia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 China | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | descend | present · passive | It | the red junglefowl of southern China and South and East Asia | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
It was first bred from the peacock in India
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 bred | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 bred | aux:pass |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 bred | advmod |
| 4 | bred | breed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 peacock | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 peacock | det |
| 7 | peacock | peacock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bred | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 India | case |
| 9 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 bred | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breed | past · passive | It | the peacock | in India; first property | tree rules |
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