Exam question 2 · Endangered animals and extinction

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the composition of rhinoceros horn.

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, composition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» 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 composition	det
11	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 horn	case
13	rhinoceros	rhinoceros	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 horn	compound
14	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 composition	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 composition of rhinoceros horn		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus composition=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

It consists of keratin, the material of hair and nails, without medicinal property

The tree, 13 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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 keratin	case
4	keratin	keratin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 material	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 material	det
7	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keratin	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 hair	case
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 material	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 nails	cc
11	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hair	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 property	punct
13	without	without	ADP	_	15 property	case
14	medicinal	medicinal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 property	amod
15	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of keratin; without medicinal property	tree rules

Option 2

It consists of stone and is poisonous when ingested

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 stone	case
4	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 poisonous	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 poisonous	cop
7	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 consists	conj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 ingested	advmod
9	ingested	ingest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 consists	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It	of stone	tree rules
2	is	present		poisonous property	tree rules
3	ingest	participle			vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal

Option 3

It consists of ivory and possesses proven healing properties

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 ivory	case
4	ivory	ivory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 proven	cc
6	possesses	possess	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 proven	aux:pass
7	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 consists	conj
8	healing	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 proven	xcomp
9	properties	property	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 healing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It		of ivory	tree rules
2	prove	present · passive				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: clause=Theme
3	heal	gerund		properties		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent property=Patient

Option 4

It consists of bone and cures fevers when it has been ground to a powder and dissolved in water

The tree, 19 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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bone	case
4	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cures	cc
6	cures	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 consists	conj
7	fevers	fever	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cures	obj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 ground	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ground	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 ground	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 ground	cop
12	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cures	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 powder	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 powder	det
15	powder	powder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cures	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 dissolved	cc
17	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 consists	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 water	case
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dissolved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It			of bone	tree rules
2	cure	present		fevers		to a powder	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer fever=Source
3	is a	present · perfect	bone	ground			tree rules
4	dissolve	participle			water		vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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