Exam question 4 · The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp
Ascertain the sole location in which axolotls are found in the wild.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, find · To what, where: sole location, axolotls
This is exam question 4 of lesson 44 «The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp» 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 location | det |
| 3 | sole | sole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 location | amod |
| 4 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 found | obl |
| 7 | axolotls | axolotl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 found | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 found | aux:pass |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 location | acl:relcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 wild | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 wild | det |
| 12 | wild | wild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 found | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the sole location | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Topic | ||||
| 2 | find | present · passive | axolotls | the sole location | in the wild | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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
The coral reefs of Australia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reefs | det |
| 2 | coral | coral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 reefs | amod |
| 3 | reefs | reef | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Australia | case |
| 5 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 reefs | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The rivers and flooded forests of the Amazon basin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rivers | det |
| 2 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 flooded | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 2 rivers | cc |
| 4 | flooded | flood | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 flooded | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 basin | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 basin | det |
| 8 | Amazon | Amazon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 basin | compound |
| 9 | basin | basin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 forests | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flood | past | the rivers | forests of the Amazon basin | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent forest=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The canals of Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 canals | det |
| 2 | canals | canal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Lake | case |
| 4 | Lake | Lake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 canals | nmod |
| 5 | Xochimilco | Xochimilco | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Lake | flat |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 City | case |
| 7 | Mexico | Mexico | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 City | compound |
| 8 | City | City | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 canals | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The lakes of northern Canada
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lakes | det |
| 2 | lakes | lake | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Canada | case |
| 4 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Canada | amod |
| 5 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lakes | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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