Exam question 2 · Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories an…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the call of the bald eagle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, call · To what, where: call, bald eagle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 395 «Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real» 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 call	det
10	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 eagle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 eagle	det
13	bald	bald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 eagle	amod
14	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 call	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

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

It is a weak, high chattering call, frequently replaced in films by the scream of the red-tailed hawk

The tree, 19 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	8 call	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 call	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 call	det
4	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 call	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 weak	punct
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 call	amod
7	chattering	chattering	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	compound
8	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 replaced	punct
10	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	11 replaced	advmod
11	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 call	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 films	case
13	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 replaced	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 scream	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 scream	det
16	scream	scream	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 replaced	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	22 hawk	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 hawk	det
19	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 tailed	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 red	punct
21	tailed	tail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 hawk	amod
22	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 scream	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a weak high chattering call			tree rules
2	replace	participle		a weak high chattering call not said here	films	by the scream of the tailed hawk; frequently property	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme
3	tail	participle					vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	scream		the tailed hawk				nom scream «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The bald eagle produces no call whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 eagle	det
2	bald	bald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eagle	amod
3	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 produces	nsubj
4	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 call	det
6	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 produces	obj
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 produces	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	the bald eagle	no call				whatsoever property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Result

Option 3

It is a deep roar resembling that of a lion

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 roar	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 roar	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 roar	det
4	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 roar	amod
5	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	resembling	resemble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 roar	acl
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 resembling	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 lion	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lion	det
10	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 that	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a deep roar					tree rules
2	resemble	gerund	a deep roar not said here	a deep roar					tree rules

Option 4

It is a fierce prolonged scream identical in every respect to that heard in films and broadcasts

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 identical	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 identical	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 scream	det
4	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scream	amod
5	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 scream	amod
6	scream	scream	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identical	nsubj
7	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 respect	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 respect	det
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identical	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 heard	case
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 heard	det
13	heard	heard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 respect	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 films	case
15	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 heard	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 broadcasts	cc
17	broadcasts	broadcast	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 films	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	It			every respect to that heard in films and broadcasts		identical property	tree rules

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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