Exam question 2 · The big cats house: lions and tigers up close
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the white tiger.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, white tiger
This is exam question 2 of lesson 81 «The big cats house: lions and tigers up close» 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 | 12 tiger | det |
| 11 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 tiger | amod |
| 12 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 white tiger | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tiger=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
It is the offspring of a tiger and a snow leopard
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 | 4 offspring | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 offspring | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 offspring | det |
| 4 | offspring | offspring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 tiger | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tiger | det |
| 7 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offspring | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 leopard | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 leopard | det |
| 10 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 leopard | compound |
| 11 | leopard | leopard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offspring | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the offspring and a snow leopard | of a tiger | tree rules |
Option 2
It constitutes a distinct species native to Arctic regions
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 constitutes | nsubj |
| 2 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 species | det |
| 4 | distinct | distinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 species | amod |
| 5 | species | species | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 constitutes | obj |
| 6 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 constitutes | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 regions | case |
| 8 | Arctic | arctic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 regions | amod |
| 9 | regions | region | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 native | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | constitute | present | It | a distinct species | native property | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme species=Pivot |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It is a tiger whose coat has faded with advanced age
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 | 4 tiger | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tiger | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tiger | det |
| 4 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 6 coat | nmod:poss |
| 6 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 faded | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 faded | aux |
| 8 | faded | fade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 tiger | acl:relcl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 age | case |
| 10 | advanced | advanced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 age | amod |
| 11 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 faded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a tiger | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fade | present · perfect · passive | coat | with advanced age | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with age=Instrument |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It is a Bengal tiger bearing a rare gene that renders the fur pale
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 | 5 tiger | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tiger | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tiger | det |
| 4 | Bengal | Bengal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 tiger | compound |
| 5 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | bearing | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 tiger | acl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 gene | det |
| 8 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gene | amod |
| 9 | gene | gene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bearing | obj |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 renders | nsubj |
| 11 | renders | render | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 gene | acl:relcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 fur | det |
| 13 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 renders | obj |
| 14 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 renders | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a Bengal tiger | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bear | gerund | a Bengal tiger not said here | a rare gene | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gene=Patient | ||||
| 3 | render | present | a rare gene | the fur | pale property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Theme |
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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