Exam question 2 · Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distribution of nerve cells in the octopus?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, distribute · To what, where: distribution, octopus, nerve cells

This is exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish» 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 distribution	det
10	distribution	distribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 cells	case
12	nerve	nerve	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cells	compound
13	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 distribution	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 octopus	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 octopus	det
16	octopus	octopus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the distribution of nerve cells	the octopus	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	distribute		nerve cells			nom distribution «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer

The majority reside within the arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 majority	det
2	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reside	nsubj
3	reside	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 arms	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 arms	det
6	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reside	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	infinitive	the majority					within the arms	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They are confined to the eyes

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	3 confined	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eyes	det
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		They		the eyes			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to eye=Destination

Option 3

All reside within the central brain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 reside	advmod
2	reside	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	6 brain	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brain	det
5	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brain	amod
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reside	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	present						within the central brain	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They are absent from the arms

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	3 absent	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 absent	cop
3	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 arms	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 arms	det
6	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 absent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			the arms		absent property	tree rules

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