Exam question 1 · The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth

Identify the principal function of the matriarch within an elephant herd.

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» 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	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 matriarch	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 matriarch	det
7	matriarch	matriarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	within	within	ADP	_	11 herd	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 herd	det
10	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 herd	compound
11	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
12	.	.	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 principal function of the matriarch				within a elephant herd	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=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

She retains knowledge of food, water and dangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 retains	nsubj
2	retains	retain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retains	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 food	case
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knowledge	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 water	punct
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knowledge	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dangers	cc
9	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 knowledge	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present	She	knowledge of food and water and dangers					tree rules

Option 2

She defends the herd against bulls by fighting them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 defends	nsubj
2	defends	defend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 herd	det
4	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 defends	obj
5	against	against	ADP	_	6 bulls	case
6	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 defends	obl
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 fighting	mark
8	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 defends	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fighting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defend	present	She	the herd				against bulls	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent herd=Beneficiary against bull=Theme
2	fight	gerund	She not said here	bulls = bull					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent

Option 3

She hunts on behalf of the herd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hunts	nsubj
2	hunts	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 behalf	case
4	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunts	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 herd	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 herd	det
7	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 behalf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	She			behalf of the herd			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on behalf=Location

Option 4

She bears all of the herd's offspring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 all	nsubj
2	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 She	nmod:unmarked
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 offspring	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 herd	det
6	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offspring	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 herd	case
8	offspring	offspring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 all	nmod

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

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