Exam question 4 · Bites, stings and scratches: mosquitoes, wasps, ticks, dog…
It is given that a spider possesses eight legs and two fangs. Ascertain the total number of legs of four spiders.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spider, you · What happens: give, possess, ascertain · To what, where: It, eight legs, total number
This is exam question 4 of lesson 399 «Bites, stings and scratches: mosquitoes, wasps, ticks, dog bites and cat scratches» 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 spider possesses eight legs and two fangs.
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 | _ | 7 possesses | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 spider | det |
| 6 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 possesses | nsubj |
| 7 | possesses | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 legs | nummod |
| 9 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 possesses | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 fangs | cc |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 fangs | nummod |
| 12 | fangs | fang | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 legs | conj |
| 13 | . | . | 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 spider | eight legs and two fangs | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=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 total number of legs of four spiders.
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 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 number | amod |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 legs | case |
| 6 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 number | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 spiders | case |
| 8 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 spiders | nummod |
| 9 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 legs | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | 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 total number of legs of four spiders | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Twenty-four
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 four | punct |
| 3 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Twenty | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Thirty-two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 two | punct |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Thirty | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Eight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
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.
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