Exam question 2 · The aviary: the walk-through tropical house

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the scarlet ibis?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: scarlet ibis

This is exam question 2 of lesson 93 «The aviary: the walk-through tropical house» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ibis	det
10	scarlet	scarlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ibis	compound
11	ibis	ibis	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the scarlet ibis				of the following statements; accurately property	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 · ✓ the right answer

Its red plumage derives from pigments in the crustaceans it consumes

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	3 plumage	nmod:poss
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plumage	amod
3	plumage	plumage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 derives	nsubj
4	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 pigments	case
6	pigments	pigment	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 derives	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 crustaceans	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crustaceans	det
9	crustaceans	crustacean	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 pigments	nmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 consumes	nsubj
11	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 crustaceans	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	Its red plumage			pigments in the crustaceans			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from pigment=Material
2	consume	present	plumage	the crustaceans not said here					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crustacean=Asset

Option 2

Its plumage is coloured by the mud of its habitat

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 plumage	nmod:poss
2	plumage	plumage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coloured	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 coloured	aux:pass
4	coloured	colour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 mud	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mud	det
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coloured	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 habitat	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 habitat	nmod:poss
10	habitat	habitat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mud	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	colour	present · passive	the mud of plumage's habitat	Its plumage					tree rules

Option 3

Its red plumage is produced by exposure to sunlight

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	3 plumage	nmod:poss
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plumage	amod
3	plumage	plumage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 produced	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 produced	aux:pass
5	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 exposure	case
7	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 produced	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 sunlight	case
9	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive	exposure	Its red plumage				to sunlight	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is red solely during the breeding season and white for the remainder of the year

The tree, 16 words

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 red	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 red	cop
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 red	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	8 season	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 season	det
7	breeding	breeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 season	compound
8	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 red	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 white	cc
10	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 red	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 remainder	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 remainder	det
13	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 white	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 year	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 year	det
16	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				season	red, solely property	tree rules
2	be							for the remainder of the year	tree rules

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