Exam question 3 · Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters, meat-eaters

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the blue whale.

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 3 of lesson 46 «Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters, meat-eaters» 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 whale	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 whale	det
14	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 whale	amod
15	whale	whale	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 blue whale		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 subsists principally upon seals, squid and large fish pursued at great depth

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 seals	case
5	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 subsists	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 squid	punct
7	squid	squid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seals	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fish	cc
9	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fish	amod
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seals	conj
11	pursued	pursue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 fish	acl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 depth	case
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 depth	amod
14	depth	depth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pursued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon seals and squid and large fish; principally property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	pursue	participle		large fish not said here		great depth			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at depth=Trajectory

Option 2

It subsists upon seaweed torn from the sea floor

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	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 seaweed	case
4	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsists	obl
5	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 seaweed	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 floor	compound
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 torn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon seaweed	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	tear	participle		seaweed not said here		the sea floor			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from floor=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It subsists almost entirely upon krill, small crustaceans which eat drifting algae

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	almost	almost	ADV	_	4 entirely	advmod
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 subsists	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 krill	case
6	krill	krill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsists	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 crustaceans	punct
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 crustaceans	amod
9	crustaceans	crustacean	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 krill	appos
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 eat	nsubj
11	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 crustaceans	acl:relcl
12	drifting	drift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 algae	amod
13	algae	alga	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It		upon krill; entirely property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	eat	present	small crustaceans	drifting algae		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alga=Patient
3	drift	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It subsists upon other species of whale

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	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 species	case
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 species	amod
5	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 subsists	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 whale	case
7	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 species	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	It					upon other species of whale	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

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