Exam question 3 · The reptile house: snakes

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the snake charmer's cobra.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, cobra

This is exam question 3 of lesson 87 «The reptile house: snakes» 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 charmer	det
11	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 charmer	compound
12	charmer	charmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cobra	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 charmer	case
14	cobra	cobra	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
15	.	.	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	the snake charmer's cobra		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cobra=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 · ← Mova's choice

The snake is hypnotised by the charmer's voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hypnotised	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hypnotised	aux:pass
4	hypnotised	hypnotis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 voice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 charmer	det
7	charmer	charmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 voice	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 charmer	case
9	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hypnotised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hypnotis	present · passive	the charmer's voice	the snake					tree rules

Option 2

The snake responds to the colour of the pipe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 responds	nsubj
3	responds	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 colour	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 colour	det
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 responds	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pipe	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pipe	det
9	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respond speech: other	present	the snake					to the colour of the pipe	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to colour=Theme

Option 3

The snake dances in time with the melody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dances	nsubj
3	dances	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 time	case
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dances	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 melody	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 melody	det
8	melody	melody	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dances	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	present	the snake				time	with the melody	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The snake follows the movement of the pipe, hearing little of the music

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	nsubj
3	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 movement	det
5	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 pipe	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pipe	det
8	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 movement	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hearing	punct
10	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 follows	advcl
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hearing	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 music	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 music	det
14	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	present	the snake	the movement of the pipe		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent movement=Theme
2	hear	gerund	the snake not said here	little	of the music	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer little=Stimulus
3	move			the pipe		nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

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