Exam question 4 · The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat,…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the ferret?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: ferret

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ferret	det
10	ferret	ferret	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the ferret				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 a wild animal native to every British wood and hedgerow, hunted by foxes

The tree, 15 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	6 native	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 native	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 animal	det
4	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 animal	amod
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 native	nsubj
6	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 wood	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 wood	det
9	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wood	amod
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 native	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hedgerow	cc
12	hedgerow	hedgerow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wood	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hunted	punct
14	hunted	hunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 native	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 foxes	case
16	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 hunted	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to every British wood and hedgerow; native property	tree rules
2	hunt	participle							vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a tame form of the polecat, long kept for the hunting of rabbits

The tree, 15 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 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
4	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 form	amod
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 polecat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 polecat	det
8	polecat	polecat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kept	punct
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 kept	advmod
11	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 form	parataxis
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 hunting	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hunting	det
14	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kept	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 rabbits	case
16	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 hunting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a tame form	of the polecat	tree rules
2	keep	participle			for the hunting of rabbits; long property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hunt			rabbits		nom hunting «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is the young of the stoat before it grows its black tail tip

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 young	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 young	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 young	det
4	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 stoat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stoat	det
7	stoat	stoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 young	nmod
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 grows	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 grows	nsubj
10	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 young	advcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 tip	nmod:poss
12	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 tip	amod
13	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tip	compound
14	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the young				of the stoat	tree rules
2	grow	present	stoat	stoat's black tail tip					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tip=Theme

Option 4

It is a species of rat

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 rat	case
6	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 species	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a species				of rat	tree rules

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