Exam question 2 · Mammal giants of the past: Paraceratherium, Diprotodon, th…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the discovery of Gigantopithecus.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 384 «Mammal giants of the past: Paraceratherium, Diprotodon, the giant beaver and Gigantopithecus» 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	11 discovery	det
11	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Gigantopithecus	case
13	Gigantopithecus	Gigantopithecus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 discovery	nmod
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 discovery of Gigantopithecus		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus discovery=Experiencer
4	discover			Gigantopithecus		nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

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 was photographed in the forests of North 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 photographed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 photographed	aux:pass
3	photographed	photograph	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 forests	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forests	det
6	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 photographed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 America	case
8	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 America	compound
9	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 forests	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	photograph	past · passive		It		the forests of North America			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in forest=Destination

Option 2

It was described from living specimens

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 described	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 described	aux:pass
3	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 specimens	case
5	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 specimens	amod
6	specimens	specimen	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 described	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past · passive		It		living specimens			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme

Option 3

A complete skeleton was recovered from glacial ice in the mountains of Tibet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 skeleton	det
2	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 skeleton	amod
3	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recovered	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 recovered	aux:pass
5	recovered	recover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 ice	case
7	glacial	glacial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ice	amod
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recovered	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 mountains	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mountains	det
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recovered	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Tibet	case
13	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 mountains	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover	past · passive		a complete skeleton		glacial ice		in the mountains of Tibet	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from ice=Source

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

Its teeth were first found among dragon teeth for sale in Hong Kong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 teeth	nmod:poss
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 found	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 found	aux:pass
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 found	advmod
5	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	among	among	ADP	_	8 teeth	case
7	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teeth	compound
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 found	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 sale	case
10	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Hong	case
12	Hong	Hong	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sale	nmod
13	Kong	Kong	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Hong	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · passive		Its teeth				among dragon teeth; for sale in Hong; first property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for sale=Beneficiary

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