Exam question 3 · Surprising brains: tool-using fish, counting bees, laughin…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocalisations of rats when tickled.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, tickle, vocalise · To what, where: response, vocalisations, rats

This is exam question 3 of lesson 388 «Surprising brains: tool-using fish, counting bees, laughing rats and clever pigs» 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 vocalisations	det
11	vocalisations	vocalisation	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 rats	case
13	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 vocalisations	nmod
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 tickled	advmod
15	tickled	tickle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 concerning	advcl
16	.	.	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 vocalisations of rats		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vocalisation=Experiencer
4	tickle	participle	the established facts not said here			vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	vocalise			rats		nom vocalisation «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice

They remain entirely silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remain	nsubj
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 silent	advmod
4	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	They					silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They emit chirps of a pitch above the range of unaided human hearing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 emit	nsubj
2	emit	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chirps	chirp	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 emit	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 pitch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pitch	det
6	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chirps	nmod
7	above	above	ADP	_	9 range	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 range	det
9	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 emit	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 hearing	case
11	unaided	unaided	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hearing	amod
12	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hearing	amod
13	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 range	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present	They	chirps of a pitch		the range of unaided human hearing			vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source chirp=Theme
2	chirp		a pitch						nom chirp «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

They produce sounds identical to human speech

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 produce	nsubj
2	produce	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sounds	csubj
3	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sounds	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 speech	case
6	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 speech	amod
7	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sounds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	They						vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	sound	present						to human speech; identical property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to speech=Experiencer

Option 4

They produce a loud bark audible at a great distance across the laboratory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 produce	nsubj
2	produce	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 audible	det
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 audible	amod
5	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 audible	compound
6	audible	audible	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 produce	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 distance	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 distance	det
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 distance	amod
10	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 produce	obl
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 laboratory	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 laboratory	det
13	laboratory	laboratory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 produce	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	They	a loud bark audible		the laboratory		at a great distance	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent audible=Result

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