Exam question 3 · The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel,…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the armadillo.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 404 «The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel, rhino, leopard, elephant, kangaroo, armadillo and crab» 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 armadillo	det
11	armadillo	armadillo	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	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 armadillo		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus armadillo=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

It is an insect of exceptional size inhabiting the Amazon

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 insect	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insect	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 insect	det
4	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 size	case
6	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 size	amod
7	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insect	nmod
8	inhabiting	inhabit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 insect	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Amazon	det
10	Amazon	Amazon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 inhabiting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a insect				of exceptional size	tree rules
2	inhabit	gerund	a insect not said here	the Amazon					tree rules

Option 2

It is a bird which has lost the power of flight

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 bird	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bird	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 lost	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	aux
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bird	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 power	det
9	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 flight	case
11	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 power	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bird					tree rules
2	lose	present · perfect · passive		a bird					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a mammal whose name signifies «little armoured one» in Spanish

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 mammal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mammal	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mammal	det
4	mammal	mammal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 signifies	nsubj
7	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mammal	acl:relcl
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
10	armoured	armoured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 signifies	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Spanish	case
14	Spanish	Spanish	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 signifies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a mammal					tree rules
2	signify	present	name	little armoured one				in Spanish	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot one=Theme in spanish=Attribute

Option 4

It is a reptile descended from the union of a hedgehog and a tortoise

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 reptile	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reptile	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reptile	det
4	reptile	reptile	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	descended	descend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reptile	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 union	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 union	det
8	union	union	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 descended	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 hedgehog	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hedgehog	det
11	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 union	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tortoise	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tortoise	det
14	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reptile	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a reptile and a tortoise					tree rules
2	descend	participle		a reptile and a tortoise not said here		the union of a hedgehog			vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from union=Location

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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