Exam question 3 · Mammal giants of the past: Paraceratherium, Diprotodon, th…

Identify the principal reason for which the stature of Gigantopithecus remains conjectural.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, stature · What happens: identify, remain · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 remains	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stature	det
8	stature	stature	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remains	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Gigantopithecus	case
10	Gigantopithecus	Gigantopithecus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stature	nmod
11	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
12	conjectural	conjectural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remains	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	remain	present	the stature of Gigantopithecus					for the principal reason; conjectural property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

It is known solely from teeth and a small number of lower jaws

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 known	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 known	aux:pass
3	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 known	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 teeth	case
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 known	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 number	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 number	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 number	amod
10	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teeth	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 jaws	case
12	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 jaws	amod
13	jaws	jaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 number	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present · passive		It		teeth and a small number of lower jaws		solely property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus

Option 2

Its bones are too large for any museum

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 bones	nmod:poss
2	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 large	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 large	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 large	advmod
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 museum	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 museum	det
8	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 large	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Its bones					for any museum; large property	tree rules

Option 3

Its skeleton has been measured but disputed for political reasons

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 skeleton	nmod:poss
2	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 measured	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 measured	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 measured	aux:pass
5	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 disputed	cc
7	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 measured	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 reasons	case
9	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reasons	amod
10	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 disputed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present · perfect · passive		Its skeleton					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
2	dispute	participle						for political reasons	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It changed in height with the seasons

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 changed	nsubj
2	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 height	case
4	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 seasons	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 seasons	det
7	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 changed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	It			height	season		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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