Exam question 3 · The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, th…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning hares observed boxing in the spring.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, observe · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hares	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hares	amod
10	hares	hare	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Select	obj
11	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 boxing	amod
12	boxing	boxing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hares	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 spring	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 spring	det
15	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	spring	tree rules
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	observe	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

The behaviour is most commonly a female repelling the advances of a male

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 behaviour	det
2	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 female	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 female	cop
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 commonly	advmod
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	7 female	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 female	det
7	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	repelling	repel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 female	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 advances	det
10	advances	advance	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 repelling	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 male	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 male	det
13	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 advances	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the behaviour	a female	commonly property	tree rules
2	repel	gerund	a female not said here	the advances of a male		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus advance=Experiencer
3	advance		a male			nom advance «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The behaviour is a means of removing the winter coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 behaviour	det
2	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 removing	mark
7	removing	remove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 means	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 coat	det
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coat	compound
10	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 removing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the behaviour					mean property	tree rules
2	remove	gerund	the behaviour not said here	the winter coat					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme

Option 3

The behaviour invariably signifies a contest between two adult males for possession of a territory

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 behaviour	det
2	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signifies	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 signifies	advmod
4	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 contest	det
6	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signifies	obj
7	between	between	ADP	_	10 males	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 males	nummod
9	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 males	amod
10	males	male	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 contest	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 possession	case
12	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 males	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 territory	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 territory	det
15	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 possession	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	the behaviour	a contest				between two adult males for possession of a territory; invariably property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot contest=Theme
2	possess			a territory					nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The behaviour is confined to the month of March only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 behaviour	det
2	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 confined	aux:pass
4	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 month	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 month	det
7	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 March	case
9	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 month	nmod
10	only	only	ADV	_	4 confined	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		the behaviour			month		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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