Exam question 3 · How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the water jar test administered to rooks.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, administer · To what, where: response, jar test, rooks

This is exam question 3 of lesson 389 «How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle boxes and Clever Hans» 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	13 test	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 jar	compound
12	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 test	compound
13	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	administered	administer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 test	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 rooks	case
16	rooks	rook	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 administered	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to 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 jar test			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus test=Experiencer
4	administer	participle		the jar test not said here	rooks		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to rook=Recipient

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

The birds dropped stones into the tube until the floating reward rose within reach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dropped	nsubj
3	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dropped	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 tube	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tube	det
7	tube	tube	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 rose	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reward	det
10	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 reward	amod
11	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rose	nsubj
12	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dropped	advcl
13	within	within	ADP	_	14 reach	case
14	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drop	past	the birds	stones	the tube		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme into tube=Destination
2	float	gerund					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	rise	past	the floating reward			within reach	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The birds drank the water to reach the reward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drank	nsubj
3	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drank	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 reach	mark
7	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 drank	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reward	det
9	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	the birds	the water					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	reach	to-infinitive	the birds not said here	the reward					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent reward=Theme

Option 3

The birds broke the vessel with their beaks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vessel	det
5	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 beaks	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 beaks	nmod:poss
8	beaks	beak	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	the birds	the vessel				with birds's beaks	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent vessel=Patient with beak=Instrument

Option 4

The birds failed to obtain the reward on every occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 failed	nsubj
3	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 obtain	mark
5	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 failed	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reward	det
7	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obtain	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 occasion	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 occasion	det
10	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obtain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	past	the birds						vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not obtain	to-infinitive	the birds not said here	the reward		every occasion			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset reward=Theme

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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