Exam question 1 · Cartoon animals put right: Scooby-Doo, Garfield, Sonic, Wi…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the temperament of the Great Dane?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 396 «Cartoon animals put right: Scooby-Doo, Garfield, Sonic, Winnie the Pooh and Woody Woodpecker» 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 temperament	det
10	temperament	temperament	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Dane	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Dane	det
13	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Dane	amod
14	Dane	Dane	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 temperament	nmod
15	?	?	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 temperament of the Great Dane				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 ordinarily gentle and calm, notwithstanding its considerable size

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	4 gentle	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gentle	cop
3	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	4 gentle	advmod
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 calm	cc
6	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gentle	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 notwithstanding	punct
8	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 gentle	conj
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 size	nmod:poss
10	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 size	amod
11	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 notwithstanding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		gentle, ordinarily property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	notwithstand	gerund		its considerable size		tree rules

Option 2

It is a small and excitable breed

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 breed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 breed	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 breed	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 breed	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 excitable	cc
6	excitable	excitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 small	conj
7	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a small breed					tree rules

Option 3

It is incapable of domestication

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 incapable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 domestication	case
5	domestication	domestication	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	incapable				of domestication	tree rules

Option 4

It is invariably timid and fearful, precisely as depicted in animated films

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	4 timid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 timid	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 timid	advmod
4	timid	timid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fearful	cc
6	fearful	fearful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 timid	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 depicted	punct
8	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	10 depicted	advmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 depicted	mark
10	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 timid	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 films	case
12	animated	animated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 films	amod
13	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 depicted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		invariably, timid property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	depict	participle		animated films	precisely property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent

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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