Exam question 1 · Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles,…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the derivation of the name of the bald eagle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, name · To what, where: response, derivation, bald eagle

This is exam question 1 of lesson 80 «Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles, raccoons, beavers, foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, robins» 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 derivation	det
11	derivation	derivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 name	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 name	det
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 derivation	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 eagle	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 eagle	det
17	bald	bald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 eagle	amod
18	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 name	nmod
19	.	.	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 derivation of the name of the bald eagle		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus derivation=Experiencer
4	name			the bald eagle		nom name «communication 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

The term derives from an archaic word signifying white, for the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 term	det
2	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	nsubj
3	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 word	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
6	archaic	archaic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 word	amod
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	obl
8	signifying	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 word	acl
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 signifying	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 head	punct
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 head	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 head	det
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	the term			a archaic word			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from word=Material
2	signify	gerund	a archaic word not said here	white					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot white=Theme

Option 2

The term refers to the absence of feathers upon the head of the adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 term	det
2	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refers	nsubj
3	refers	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 absence	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 absence	det
6	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refers	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 feathers	case
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 absence	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 head	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refers	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 adult	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 adult	det
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 head	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refer	present	the term					to the absence of feathers; upon the head of the adult	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to absence=Co-Theme
2	absent			feathers					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The term refers to the annual moulting of all head feathers in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 term	det
2	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refers	nsubj
3	refers	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 moulting	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moulting	det
6	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 moulting	amod
7	moulting	moulting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refers	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 feathers	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 feathers	det
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feathers	compound
11	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 moulting	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 winter	case
13	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refer	present	the term				winter	to the annual moulting of all head feathers	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to moulting=Co-Theme
2	moult		all head feathers						nom moulting «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The term commemorates an individual of the surname Bald

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 term	det
2	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 commemorates	nsubj
3	commemorates	commemorate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 individual	det
5	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 commemorates	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 surname	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 surname	det
8	surname	surname	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 individual	nmod
9	Bald	Bald	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 surname	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commemorate	present	the term	a individual of the surname					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent individual=Theme

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