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Exam question 4 · The monkey house and the lemurs of Madagascar

It is given that approximately two hundred golden lion tamarins remained in the wild during the 1970s. Determine the principal reason for their subsequent recovery.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, you, tamarins · What happens: give, tamarin, remain, determine, recover · To what, where: It, hundred golden lion tamarins, wild, principal reason

This is exam question 4 of lesson 86 «The monkey house and the lemurs of Madagascar» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that approximately two hundred golden lion tamarins remained in the wild during the 1970s.

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 tamarins	nsubj
5	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	7 hundred	advmod
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 hundred	compound
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 tamarins	nummod
8	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tamarins	amod
9	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tamarins	compound
10	tamarins	tamarin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 given	obl
11	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 tamarins	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 wild	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wild	det
14	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remained	obl
15	during	during	ADP	_	17 1970s	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 1970s	det
17	1970s	1970s	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	11 remained	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	tamarin		that						tree rules
3	remain	participle		hundred golden lion tamarins not said here		the wild	during the 1970s		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wild=Location

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.

Sentence 2: Determine the principal reason for their subsequent recovery.

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	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 recovery	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 recovery	nmod:poss
7	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 recovery	amod
8	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
9	.	.	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 principal reason				for tamarins's subsequent recovery	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	recover		tamarins = tamarin						nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The relocation of the entire population to the forests of Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relocation	det
2	relocation	relocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 population	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 population	det
5	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 population	amod
6	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relocation	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 forests	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forests	det
9	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 population	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Africa	case
11	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 forests	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relocate			the entire population to the forests of Africa					nom relocation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The provision of human food by tourists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 food	case
4	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 food	amod
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 tourists	case
7	tourists	tourist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 provision	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide		human food						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The cessation of all scientific study

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cessation	det
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 study	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 study	det
5	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 study	amod
6	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cessation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease			all scientific study					nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Breeding in zoos and the return of animals to protected forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Breeding	breed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 zoos	case
3	zoos	zoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Breeding	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 return	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 return	det
6	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 zoos	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 animals	case
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 return	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 forest	case
10	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 forest	amod
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Breeding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breed	gerund				zoos and the return of animals		to protected forest	tree rules
2	protect	participle							vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	return		animals						nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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