Exam question 3 · The desert: living with little water

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the kangaroo rat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, kangaroo rat

This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «The desert: living with little water» 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 rat	det
11	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rat	compound
12	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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 kangaroo rat		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rat=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 · ✓ the right answer

The kangaroo rat may subsist throughout its life without drinking, deriving water from its food

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rat	det
2	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rat	compound
3	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 subsist	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 subsist	aux
5	subsist	subsist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	8 life	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 life	nmod:poss
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 subsist	obl
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 drinking	mark
10	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 subsist	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 deriving	punct
12	deriving	derive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 drinking	conj
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deriving	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 food	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 food	nmod:poss
16	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deriving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	subsist	may	the kangaroo rat			throughout rat's life	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	drink	gerund	the kangaroo rat not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	derive	gerund	the kangaroo rat not said here	water	rat's food		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent water=Result from food=Material

Option 2

The kangaroo rat consumes water hourly from desert pools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rat	det
2	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rat	compound
3	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consumes	nsubj
4	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consumes	obj
6	hourly	hourly	ADV	_	4 consumes	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 pools	case
8	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pools	compound
9	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consumes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	the kangaroo rat	water		desert pools		hourly property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Asset

Option 3

The kangaroo rat stores water within its tail in the manner of the hump of a camel

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rat	det
2	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rat	compound
3	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stores	nsubj
4	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stores	obj
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 tail	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stores	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 manner	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 manner	det
11	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stores	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 hump	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hump	det
14	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 manner	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 camel	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 camel	det
17	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hump	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	the kangaroo rat	water		the manner of the hump of a camel		within rat's tail	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent water=Theme in manner=Location

Option 4

The kangaroo rat subsists exclusively upon the blood of other animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rat	det
2	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rat	compound
3	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 subsists	nsubj
4	subsists	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 subsists	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 blood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blood	det
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 subsists	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 animals	case
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 animals	amod
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 blood	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	the kangaroo rat					upon the blood of other animals; exclusively property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

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