Exam question 2 · The ocean: open sea, sunlit zone and the deep dark

Identify the source of the luminescence emitted by the lure of the deep-sea anglerfish.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, emit · To what, where: source, luminescence

This is exam question 2 of lesson 8 «The ocean: open sea, sunlit zone and the deep dark» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 source	det
3	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 luminescence	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 luminescence	det
6	luminescence	luminescence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 source	nmod
7	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 luminescence	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 lure	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lure	det
10	lure	lure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 emitted	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 anglerfish	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 anglerfish	det
13	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sea	amod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 deep	punct
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 anglerfish	compound
16	anglerfish	anglerfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lure	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the source of the luminescence					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent source=Theme
2	emit	participle		the luminescence not said here				by the lure of the sea anglerfish	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source

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

Bacteria resident within the lure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bacteria	bacteria	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resident	compound
2	resident	resident	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 lure	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lure	det
5	lure	lure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resident	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Sunlight absorbed in shallow water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	absorbed	absorb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Sunlight	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absorbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb	participle		Sunlight not said here		shallow water			vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal

Option 3

Reflection of the light of other fishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 light	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 light	det
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reflection	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 fishes	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fishes	amod
7	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 light	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light			other fishes					nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

An electrical organ within the jaw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 organ	det
2	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 organ	amod
3	organ	organ	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 jaw	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jaw	det
6	jaw	jaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 organ	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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