Exam question 3 · Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps,…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the tick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: tick

This is exam question 3 of lesson 393 «Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps, adders, ticks and hornets» 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 tick	det
10	tick	tick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the tick				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 an eight-legged relative of spiders which feeds upon blood and may transmit Lyme disease

The tree, 17 words

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	7 relative	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 relative	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 relative	det
4	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 legged	nummod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 eight	punct
6	legged	legged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 relative	amod
7	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 spiders	case
9	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 relative	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 feeds	nsubj
11	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 relative	acl:relcl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 blood	case
13	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feeds	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 transmit	cc
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 transmit	aux
16	transmit	transmit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 feeds	conj
17	Lyme	Lyme	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 disease	compound
18	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 transmit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a legged relative	of spiders	tree rules
2	feed	present	a legged relative		upon blood	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
3	transmit	may	a legged relative not said here	Lyme disease		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disease=Theme

Option 2

It is a six-legged insect which feeds exclusively upon leaves

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	7 insect	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 insect	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 insect	det
4	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 legged	nummod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 six	punct
6	legged	legged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 insect	amod
7	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 feeds	nsubj
9	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 insect	acl:relcl
10	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	9 feeds	advmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 leaves	case
12	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 feeds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a legged insect					tree rules
2	feed	present	a legged insect					upon leaves; exclusively property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is a winged insect which stings in defence of its nest and which is found chiefly in the roofs of houses

The tree, 22 words

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	5 insect	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 insect	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 insect	det
4	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 insect	amod
5	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 stings	nsubj
7	stings	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 insect	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 defence	case
9	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stings	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 nest	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 nest	nmod:poss
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 defence	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 found	cc
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 found	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 found	aux:pass
16	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 insect	conj
17	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	16 found	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 roofs	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 roofs	det
20	roofs	roof	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 found	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 houses	case
22	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 roofs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wing	participle					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	It	a winged insect			tree rules
3	sting	present	a winged insect		defence of defence's nest		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	find	present · passive		a winged insect	the roofs of houses	chiefly property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
5	defend			defence's nest			nom defence «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is a small snail which inhabits long grass

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	5 snail	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 snail	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 snail	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 snail	amod
5	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 inhabits	nsubj
7	inhabits	inhabit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 snail	acl:relcl
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 grass	amod
9	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inhabits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a small snail					tree rules
2	inhabit	present	a small snail	long grass					tree rules

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