Exam question 4 · The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees

Determine the reason for which an animal of the dimensions of the fictional King Kong could not exist.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, King · What happens: determine, not exist · To what, where: reason, dimensions

This is exam question 4 of lesson 84 «The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 animal	obl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 dimensions	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dimensions	det
10	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 animal	nmod
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	18 exist	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 exist	det
13	fictional	fictional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 exist	reparandum
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 exist	nsubj
15	Kong	Kong	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 King	flat
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 exist	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 exist	advmod
18	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 dimensions	acl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	not exist	could	King	the dimensions not said here					tree rules

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

Its bones would fracture under the weight of its own body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bones	nmod:poss
2	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fracture	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fracture	aux
4	fracture	fracture	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 weight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 weight	det
7	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fracture	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 body	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 body	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 body	amod
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 weight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fracture	would	Its bones			the weight of weight's own body			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It would be unable to find sufficiently tall buildings to climb

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 unable	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 unable	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 unable	cop
4	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unable	xcomp
7	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	_	6 find	advmod
8	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 buildings	amod
9	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 climb	mark
11	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 buildings	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	would	It		unable property	tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive		tall buildings	sufficiently property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Topic
3	climb	to-infinitive		tall buildings not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Its voice would be too loud for its own ears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 voice	nmod:poss
2	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loud	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 loud	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 loud	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 loud	advmod
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 ears	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 ears	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ears	amod
10	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 loud	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	Its voice					for voice's own ears; loud property	tree rules

Option 4

Its fur would be too heavy to grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 fur	nmod:poss
2	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heavy	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 heavy	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 heavy	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 heavy	advmod
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 grow	mark
8	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 heavy	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	Its fur					heavy property	tree rules
2	grow	to-infinitive	Its fur not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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