Exam question 1 · How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, dr…

Identify the principal reason for which wildlife film-makers conceal themselves within hides.

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 394 «How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, drones and years of waiting» 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 conceal	obl
7	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 makers	compound
8	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 makers	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 film	punct
10	makers	maker	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 conceal	nsubj
11	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 conceal	obj
13	within	within	ADP	_	14 hides	case
14	hides	hide	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 conceal	obl
15	.	.	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	conceal	present	wildlife film makers	makers = maker				for the principal reason; within hides	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=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

Animals which perceive human beings frequently cease their natural behaviour or take flight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cease	nsubj
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 perceive	nsubj
3	perceive	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Animals	acl:relcl
4	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 beings	amod
5	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 perceive	obj
6	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	7 cease	advmod
7	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 behaviour	nmod:poss
9	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 behaviour	amod
10	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cease	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 take	cc
12	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 cease	conj
13	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	perceive	present	Animals	human beings		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer being=Stimulus
2	cease	present	Animals	Animals's natural behaviour	frequently property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector behaviour=Eventuality
3	take	infinitive	Animals not said here	flight		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Theme

Option 2

Hides are required principally in order to protect the cameras and other equipment from rainfall

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hides	hide	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	principally	principally	ADV	_	3 required	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 order	case
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 protect	mark
8	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cameras	det
10	cameras	camera	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 protect	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 equipment	cc
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 equipment	amod
13	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cameras	conj
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 rainfall	case
15	rainfall	rainfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 protect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Hides		order		principally property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	protect	to-infinitive		the cameras and other equipment				from rainfall	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent camera=Beneficiary from rainfall=Theme

Option 3

Concealment permits the film-makers to capture the animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 makers	det
4	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 makers	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 film	punct
6	makers	maker	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 permits	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 capture	mark
8	capture	capture	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permits	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 animals	det
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 capture	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	Concealment	the film makers					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maker=Theme
2	capture	to-infinitive	Concealment not said here	the animals					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Option 4

Animals are attracted to the scent of human beings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attracted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attracted	aux:pass
3	attracted	attract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 scent	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 scent	det
6	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attracted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 beings	case
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 beings	amod
9	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present · passive		Animals				to the scent of human beings result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to scent=Result
2	scent			human beings					nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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