Exam question 1 · Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dun…
Identify the principal reason for which the domestic rabbit consumes its soft droppings.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, domestic rabbit · What happens: identify, consume · To what, where: principal reason, soft droppings
This is exam question 1 of lesson 398 «Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dung beetles and the smelliest animals» 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 | 10 consumes | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rabbit | det |
| 8 | domestic | domestic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 rabbit | amod |
| 9 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 consumes | nsubj |
| 10 | consumes | consume | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reason | acl |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 droppings | nmod:poss |
| 12 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 droppings | amod |
| 13 | droppings | dropping | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 consumes | obj |
| 14 | . | . | 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 | consume | present | the domestic rabbit | rabbit's soft droppings | for the principal reason | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dropping=Asset |
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
The droppings contain sugar which the rabbit prefers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 droppings | det |
| 2 | droppings | dropping | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 contain | nsubj |
| 3 | contain | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 contain | obj |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 prefers | obj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rabbit | det |
| 7 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 prefers | nsubj |
| 8 | prefers | prefer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sugar | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | present | the droppings | sugar | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sugar=Theme | ||||
| 2 | prefer | present | the rabbit | sugar | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The food is thereby passed through the gut a second time, permitting a greater quantity of nourishment to be obtained
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 food | det |
| 2 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 passed | aux:pass |
| 4 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 5 passed | advmod |
| 5 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 gut | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gut | det |
| 8 | gut | gut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 passed | obl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 time | det |
| 10 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 time | amod |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 passed | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 permitting | punct |
| 13 | permitting | permit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 passed | advcl |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 quantity | det |
| 15 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 quantity | amod |
| 16 | quantity | quantity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 permitting | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 nourishment | case |
| 18 | nourishment | nourishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 quantity | nmod |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 obtained | mark |
| 20 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 21 obtained | aux:pass |
| 21 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 permitting | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | present · passive | the food | the gut | time | thereby property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through gut=Destination | ||
| 2 | permit | gerund | a greater quantity of nourishment | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme | |||||
| 3 | obtain | to-infinitive · passive | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP» |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The rabbit is invariably deprived of food and is compelled by hunger to consume whatever material lies within its enclosure
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rabbit | det |
| 2 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 deprived | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 deprived | aux:pass |
| 4 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 5 deprived | advmod |
| 5 | deprived | deprive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 food | case |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 deprived | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 compelled | cc |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 compelled | aux:pass |
| 10 | compelled | compel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 deprived | conj |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 hunger | case |
| 12 | hunger | hunger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 compelled | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 consume | mark |
| 14 | consume | consume | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 compelled | advcl |
| 15 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 lies | obj |
| 16 | material | material | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 lies | nsubj |
| 17 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 consume | ccomp |
| 18 | within | within | ADP | _ | 20 enclosure | case |
| 19 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 enclosure | nmod:poss |
| 20 | enclosure | enclosure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 lies | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deprive | present · passive | the rabbit | of food; invariably property | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of food=Theme | ||||
| 2 | compel | present · passive | hunger | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | consume | to-infinitive | hunger not said here | vn consume-66 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Goal | |||||
| 4 | lie | present | material | whatever | within material's enclosure | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whatever=Theme |
Option 4
The rabbit seeks to clean its enclosure
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rabbit | det |
| 2 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seeks | nsubj |
| 3 | seeks | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 clean | mark |
| 5 | clean | clean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 seeks | xcomp |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 enclosure | nmod:poss |
| 7 | enclosure | enclosure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 clean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seek | present | the rabbit | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | clean not said to happen | to-infinitive | the rabbit not said here | rabbit's enclosure | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enclosure=Patient |
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