Exam question 2 · The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat,…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the social life of the European badger.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, social life

This is exam question 2 of lesson 405 «The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, field-mice and hedgehogs in winter» 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	12 life	det
11	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 life	amod
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 badger	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 badger	det
15	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 badger	amod
16	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 life	nmod
17	.	.	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 social life of the European badger		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus life=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 · ✓ the right answer

It lives in family groups occupying a sett that may be used for a century or more

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 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 groups	case
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 groups	compound
5	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lives	obl
6	occupying	occupy	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 groups	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sett	det
8	sett	sett	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occupying	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 used	nsubj:pass
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 used	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 used	aux:pass
12	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 sett	acl:relcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 century	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 century	det
15	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 used	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 more	cc
17	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 century	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	live	present	It		family groups		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in group=Location
2	occupy	gerund	family groups not said here	a sett			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sett=Experiencer
3	use	may · passive		a sett		century	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It lives in trees in pairs

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 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 trees	case
4	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lives	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 pairs	case
6	pairs	pair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	It			trees		in pairs	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

Option 3

It lives entirely alone and abandons its home each autumn in search of a new one

The tree, 16 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 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 lives	advmod
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 lives	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 abandons	cc
6	abandons	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lives	conj
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 home	nmod:poss
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 abandons	obj
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 autumn	det
10	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 abandons	obl:unmarked
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 search	case
12	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 abandons	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 one	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 one	det
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 search	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	It				alone, entirely property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	abandon	present		its home	search of a new one	autumn		vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme home=Source
3	search			a new one				nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It lives in burrows shared with rabbits

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 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 burrows	case
4	burrows	burrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lives	obl
5	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 burrows	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 rabbits	case
7	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	It			burrows			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in burrow=Location
2	share	participle		burrows not said here				with rabbits	tree rules

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