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Exam question 4 · The aquarium: the coral reef tank

It is given that, in the seahorse, the eggs are borne in a pouch until hatching. Ascertain the parent in whose pouch they are carried.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pouch · What happens: give, bear, hatch, ascertain, carry · To what, where: It, eggs, pouch, parent

This is exam question 4 of lesson 90 «The aquarium: the coral reef tank» 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, in the seahorse, the eggs are borne in a pouch until hatching.

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	3 given	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 seahorse	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 seahorse	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 seahorse	det
8	seahorse	seahorse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 borne	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 eggs	det
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 borne	nsubj:pass
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 borne	aux:pass
13	borne	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 pouch	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pouch	det
16	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 borne	obl
17	until	until	SCONJ	_	18 hatching	mark
18	hatching	hatch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 borne	advcl
19	.	.	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-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient that=Theme
2	bear	present · passive		the eggs		a pouch			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	hatch	gerund							vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient

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: Ascertain the parent in whose pouch they are carried.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 parent	det
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pouch	case
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 pouch	nmod:poss
6	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 carried	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 carried	aux:pass
9	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 pouch	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the parent		pouch			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Topic
2	carry	present · passive	pouch not said here	eggs = egg					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The female

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 female	det
2	female	female	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

Neither, as the eggs are abandoned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	5 eggs	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 eggs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eggs	det
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 abandoned	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 abandoned	aux:pass
7	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	present · passive		the eggs					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The male

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 male	det
2	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

Both parents equally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 parents	det
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	equally	equally	ADV	_	2 parents	advmod

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

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