Exam question 2 · Fossils: how we know about life long ago

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the contribution of Mary Anning.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 74 «Fossils: how we know about life long ago» 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 contribution	det
11	contribution	contribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Anning	case
13	Mary	Mary	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Anning	compound
14	Anning	Anning	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 contribution	nmod
15	.	.	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 contribution of Mary Anning		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus contribution=Experiencer
4	contribute			Mary Anning		nom contribution «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She discovered the first complete ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons known to science

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 discovered	nsubj
2	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ichthyosaur	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 ichthyosaur	amod
5	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ichthyosaur	amod
6	ichthyosaur	ichthyosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discovered	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 skeletons	cc
8	plesiosaur	plesiosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skeletons	compound
9	skeletons	skeleton	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ichthyosaur	conj
10	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 skeletons	acl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 science	case
12	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 known	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past	She	the first complete ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ichthyosaur=Topic
2	know	participle		plesiosaur skeletons not said here				to science	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

She described the frozen mammoth Lyuba in Siberia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 described	nsubj
2	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mammoth	det
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mammoth	amod
5	mammoth	mammoth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 described	obj
6	Lyuba	Lyuba	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mammoth	appos
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Siberia	case
8	Siberia	Siberia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Lyuba	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past	She	the frozen mammoth					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent mammoth=Theme
2	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

She discovered the first skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex in North America

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 discovered	nsubj
2	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skeleton	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 skeleton	amod
5	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discovered	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 rex	case
7	Tyrannosaurus	Tyrannosaurus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 rex	compound
8	rex	rex	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 skeleton	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 America	case
10	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 America	compound
11	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 discovered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past	She	the first skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex		North America			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skeleton=Topic

Option 4

She founded the first scientific society to admit women

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 founded	nsubj
2	founded	found	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 society	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 society	amod
5	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 society	amod
6	society	society	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 founded	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 admit	mark
8	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 founded	advcl
9	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 admit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past	She	the first scientific society					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent society=Patient
2	admit speech: other	to-infinitive	She not said here	women					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme

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