Exam question 3 · Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up ones: lobsters, whi…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the creature known as the Gryphon.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, know · To what, where: response, creature

This is exam question 3 of lesson 402 «Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up ones: lobsters, whiting, turtles, the Mock Turtle, the Gryphon and the Caterpillar» 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	1 Select	xcomp
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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 creature	det
11	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 creature	acl
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 Gryphon	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Gryphon	det
15	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 known	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the creature		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus creature=Experiencer
4	know	participle		the creature not said here	as the Gryphon	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as gryphon=Attribute

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

It is an extinct bird whose bones are displayed in museums

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	5 bird	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bird	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bird	det
4	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bird	amod
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 bones	nmod:poss
7	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 displayed	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 displayed	aux:pass
9	displayed	display	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 bird	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 museums	case
11	museums	museum	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 displayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a extinct bird					tree rules
2	display	present · passive		bones		museums			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It is a variety of large eagle native to Greece

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	4 variety	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 variety	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 variety	det
4	variety	variety	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 native	case
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 native	amod
7	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 native	compound
8	native	native	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 variety	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Greece	case
10	Greece	Greece	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 native	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a variety				of large eagle native to Greece	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a legendary beast, part eagle and part lion, which never existed

The tree, 13 words

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	5 beast	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 beast	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 beast	det
4	legendary	legendary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 beast	amod
5	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 eagle	punct
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eagle	compound
8	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beast	appos
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lion	cc
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lion	compound
11	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eagle	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 existed	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 existed	nsubj
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 existed	advmod
15	existed	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 eagle	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a legendary beast					tree rules
2	not exist	past	part eagle and part lion						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It is a species of lion still found in remote mountains

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	4 species	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 species	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 species	det
4	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 lion	case
6	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 species	nmod
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 found	advmod
8	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 species	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 mountains	case
10	remote	remote	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mountains	amod
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a species				of lion	tree rules
2	find	participle		a species not said here		remote mountains	still		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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