Exam question 1 · The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301…
It is given that each insect possesses six legs. Ascertain the aggregate number of legs belonging to one beetle, one ant and one bee.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: insect, you, legs · What happens: give, possess, ascertain, belong · To what, where: It, six legs, aggregate number
This is exam question 1 of lesson 400 «The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301 to 399» 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 each insect possesses six legs.
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 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 insect | det |
| 6 | insect | insect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 possesses | nsubj |
| 7 | possesses | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 legs | nummod |
| 9 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 possesses | obj |
| 10 | . | . | 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 | each insect | six legs | 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 aggregate number of legs belonging to one beetle, one ant and one bee.
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 legs | case |
| 6 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 number | nmod |
| 7 | belonging | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 legs | acl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 beetle | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 beetle | nummod |
| 10 | beetle | beetle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 belonging | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ant | punct |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 ant | nummod |
| 13 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 beetle | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 bee | cc |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 bee | nummod |
| 16 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ant | conj |
| 17 | . | . | 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 legs | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | ||||
| 2 | belong | gerund | legs not said here | to one beetle and one ant and one bee | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
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
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 3
Twelve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twelve | twelve | 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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