Exam question 3 · The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the animal commonly designated a «black panther».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, animal · What happens: select, establish, concern, designate · To what, where: response, black panther

This is exam question 3 of lesson 82 «The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment» 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 animal	det
11	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 designated	nsubj
12	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	13 designated	advmod
13	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 concerning	ccomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 panther	det
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 panther	punct
16	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 panther	amod
17	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 designated	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 panther	punct
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			tree rules
4	designate	past	the animal	a black panther	commonly property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent panther=Theme

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 is a dark leopard or jaguar whose rosettes remain visible

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 leopard	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 leopard	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 leopard	det
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 leopard	amod
5	leopard	leopard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 jaguar	cc
7	jaguar	jaguar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leopard	conj
8	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	9 rosettes	nmod:poss
9	rosettes	rosette	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 remain	nsubj
10	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 leopard	parataxis
11	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a dark leopard or jaguar					tree rules
2	remain	present	rosettes					visible property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It constitutes a separate species native to South Asia

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	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 species	amod
5	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 constitutes	obj
6	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Asia	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 native	fixed
8	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Asia	compound
9	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 species	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a separate species				native South Asia	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme species=Pivot

Option 3

It is a lion lacking a mane

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 lion	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lion	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lion	det
4	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	lacking	lack	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 lion	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mane	det
7	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lacking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a lion					tree rules
2	lack	gerund	a lion not said here	a mane					tree rules

Option 4

It is the offspring of a puma and a jaguar, bred in captivity for its colour

The tree, 16 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	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 puma	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 puma	det
7	puma	puma	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offspring	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 jaguar	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 jaguar	det
10	jaguar	jaguar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 puma	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bred	punct
12	bred	breed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 offspring	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 captivity	case
14	captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bred	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 colour	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 colour	nmod:poss
17	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the offspring				of a puma and a jaguar	tree rules
2	breed	participle		the offspring not said here		captivity		for captivity's colour	tree rules

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