Exam question 1 · How animals talk

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the waggle dance of the honeybee?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, dance · To what, where: waggle dance, honeybee

This is exam question 1 of lesson 50 «How animals talk» 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	11 dance	det
10	waggle	waggle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dance	compound
11	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 honeybee	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 honeybee	det
14	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dance	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the waggle dance of the honeybee	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	dance		the honeybee		nom dance «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 announces the death of the queen

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 announces	nsubj
2	announces	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 death	det
4	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announces	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 queen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 death	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce speech: other	present	It	the death of the queen					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme death=Reflexive
2	die		the queen						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It is performed exclusively in order to cool the hive in the heat of the summer months

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	3 performed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 performed	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 order	case
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 cool	mark
8	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 performed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hive	det
10	hive	hive	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cool	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 heat	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 heat	det
13	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cool	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 months	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 months	det
16	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 months	compound
17	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 heat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive		It	order	exclusively property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	cool	to-infinitive		the hive	the heat of the summer months		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hive=Patient
3	heat		the summer months				nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It serves solely as a form of play among workers

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 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 serves	advmod
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 form	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 form	det
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 play	case
8	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 form	nmod
9	among	among	ADP	_	10 workers	case
10	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 serves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It					as a form of play; among workers; solely property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as form=Attribute
2	form			play					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By the direction and length of the waggle run, it conveys the bearing and distance of food

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 direction	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 direction	det
3	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conveys	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 length	cc
5	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 direction	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 run	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 run	det
8	waggle	waggle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 run	compound
9	run	run	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 length	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 direction	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 conveys	nsubj
12	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bearing	det
14	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conveys	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 distance	cc
16	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bearing	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 food	case
18	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 distance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	run	the bearing and distance of food				by the direction and length of the waggle run	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bearing=Topic

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