Exam question 4 · Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories an…
It is given that a domestic cat possesses five toes on each fore paw and four toes on each hind paw. Ascertain the aggregate number of toes.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: domestic cat, you · What happens: give, possess, ascertain · To what, where: It, five toes, fore paw, aggregate number
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a domestic cat possesses five toes on each fore paw and four toes on each hind paw.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 possesses | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cat | det |
| 6 | domestic | domestic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cat | amod |
| 7 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 possesses | nsubj |
| 8 | possesses | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 toes | nummod |
| 10 | toes | toe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 possesses | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 paw | case |
| 12 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 paw | det |
| 13 | fore | fore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 paw | compound |
| 14 | paw | paw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 toes | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 toes | cc |
| 16 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 toes | nummod |
| 17 | toes | toe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 toes | conj |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 paw | case |
| 19 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 paw | det |
| 20 | hind | hind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 paw | amod |
| 21 | paw | paw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 toes | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | possess | present | a domestic cat | five toes and four toes on each hind paw | each fore paw | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot toe=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the aggregate number of toes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 number | det |
| 3 | aggregate | aggregate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 number | compound |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 toes | case |
| 6 | toes | toe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 number | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the aggregate number of toes | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Eighteen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eighteen | eighteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Twenty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Sixteen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sixteen | sixteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Nine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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