Exam question 4 · The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs
State the anatomical composition of the wishbone, or furcula.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗
This is exam question 4 of lesson 76 «The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs» 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 composition | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 composition | det |
| 3 | anatomical | anatomical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 composition | amod |
| 4 | composition | composition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 wishbone | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wishbone | det |
| 7 | wishbone | wishbone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 composition | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 furcula | punct |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 furcula | cc |
| 10 | furcula | furcula | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 composition | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 composition | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A bone of the tail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bone | det |
| 2 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 tail | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tail | det |
| 5 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bone | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A single additional rib
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rib | det |
| 2 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rib | amod |
| 3 | additional | additional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rib | amod |
| 4 | rib | rib | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A portion of the skull
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 portion | det |
| 2 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 skull | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 skull | det |
| 5 | skull | skull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 portion | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Two collarbones fused together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 collarbones | nummod |
| 2 | collarbones | collarbone | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | fused | fuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 collarbones | acl |
| 4 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 fused | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fuse | participle | Two collarbones not said here | together property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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