Exam question 3 · Animals of Australia and New Zealand: kangaroos, koalas, w…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the incubation of the eggs of the emu.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 79 «Animals of Australia and New Zealand: kangaroos, koalas, wombats, kiwis» 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 incubation	det
11	incubation	incubation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 eggs	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 eggs	det
14	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 incubation	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 emu	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 emu	det
17	emu	emu	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 eggs	nmod
18	.	.	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 incubation of the eggs of the emu		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus incubation=Experiencer
4	incubate		the eggs of the emu			nom incubation «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 male incubates the eggs for some eight weeks, scarcely eating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 male	det
2	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incubates	nsubj
3	incubates	incubate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eggs	det
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incubates	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 weeks	case
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 weeks	det
8	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 weeks	nummod
9	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incubates	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 eating	punct
11	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	_	12 eating	advmod
12	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 incubates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incubate	present	the male	the eggs			week		tree rules
2	eat	gerund	the male not said here					scarcely property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The female incubates the eggs for approximately eight days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 female	det
2	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incubates	nsubj
3	incubates	incubate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eggs	det
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incubates	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 days	case
7	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	8 eight	advmod
8	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 days	nummod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incubates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incubate	present	the female	the eggs			day		tree rules

Option 3

The eggs are incubated by the warmth of the sun alone, being buried in sand

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	2 eggs	det
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 incubated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 incubated	aux:pass
4	incubated	incubate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 warmth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 warmth	det
7	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incubated	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 warmth	nmod
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 incubated	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 buried	punct
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 buried	aux:pass
14	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 incubated	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 sand	case
16	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incubate	present · passive	the warmth of the sun	the eggs				alone property	tree rules
2	bury	gerund · passive	the warmth of the sun not said here			sand			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in sand=Destination

Option 4

Both parents incubate the eggs in alternating hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 parents	det
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incubate	nsubj
3	incubate	incubate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eggs	det
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incubate	obj
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 alternating	mark
7	alternating	alternate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 incubate	advcl
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 alternating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incubate	present	both parents	the eggs					tree rules
2	alternate	gerund	both parents not said here				hour		vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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