Exam question 2 · The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, th…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the winter behaviour of the hazel dormouse?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 401 «The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, the March hare, flamingos and hedgehogs» 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	11 behaviour	det
10	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 behaviour	compound
11	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 dormouse	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dormouse	det
14	hazel	hazel	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dormouse	compound
15	dormouse	dormouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 behaviour	nmod
16	?	?	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 winter behaviour of the hazel dormouse				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 hibernates in a nest for several months, living upon its stored fat

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	2 hibernates	nsubj
2	hibernates	hibernate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 nest	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nest	det
5	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hibernates	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 months	case
7	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 months	amod
8	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hibernates	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 living	punct
10	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hibernates	advcl
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 fat	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 fat	nmod:poss
13	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 fat	amod
14	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	hibernate	present	It	a nest	month	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in nest=Location
2	live	gerund		nest's stored fat		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon fat=Location
3	store	participle				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It migrates in large flocks to warmer lands across the sea

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	2 migrates	nsubj
2	migrates	migrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 flocks	case
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 flocks	amod
5	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 migrates	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 lands	case
7	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 lands	amod
8	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 migrates	obl
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 migrates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	migrate	present	It			large flocks		to warmer lands; across the sea	tree rules

Option 3

It remains fully active and gathers food beneath the snow

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	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fully	fully	ADV	_	4 active	advmod
4	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remains	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gathers	cc
6	gathers	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 remains	conj
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gathers	obj
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 snow	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 snow	det
10	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gathers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	It					active property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	gather	present		food				beneath the snow	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 4

It moves into houses and barns in search of warmth

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	2 moves	nsubj
2	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 houses	case
4	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 moves	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 barns	cc
6	barns	barn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 houses	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 search	case
8	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moves	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 warmth	case
10	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 search	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	It			houses and barns		in search of warmth	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into house=Source in search=Trajectory
2	search			warmth					nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

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