Exam question 2 · The real animals of the river bank: the water vole, the mo…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the European mole.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 403 «The real animals of the river bank: the water vole, the mole, the otter, the toad and the river birds» 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 diet	det
11	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 mole	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mole	det
14	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 mole	amod
15	mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 diet	nmod
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 diet of the European mole		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus diet=Experiencer

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 consumes chiefly the roots of grass and of garden flowers, which it gnaws in its tunnels

The tree, 17 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	2 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	5 roots	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 roots	det
5	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consumes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 grass	case
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 roots	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 flowers	cc
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 flowers	case
10	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flowers	compound
11	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 grass	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gnaws	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 gnaws	nsubj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 gnaws	nsubj
15	gnaws	gnaw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 flowers	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 tunnels	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 tunnels	nmod:poss
18	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 gnaws	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	It	the roots of grass and garden flowers					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Asset
2	gnaw	present	garden flowers			its tunnels			vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It feeds upon fish which it catches in streams at night

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 feeds	nsubj
2	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 fish	case
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feeds	obl
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 catches	nsubj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 catches	nsubj
7	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fish	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 streams	case
9	streams	stream	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 catches	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 catches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present	It					upon fish	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	catch	present	fish			streams	night		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It subsists principally upon earthworms, some of which it stores alive

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 subsists	nsubj
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 earthworms	case
5	earthworms	earthworm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 subsists	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stores	punct
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 which	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 stores	nsubj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stores	nsubj
11	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 subsists	conj
12	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stores	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon earthworms; principally property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	store	present						alive property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It eats only insects caught in the air

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 eats	nsubj
2	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 insects	advmod
4	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eats	obj
5	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 insects	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	It	insects					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient
2	catch	participle		insects not said here		the air			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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