Exam question 3 · Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the training of hawks.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, train · To what, where: response, training, hawks

This is exam question 3 of lesson 94 «Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show» 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	11 training	det
11	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 hawks	case
13	hawks	hawk	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 training	nmod
14	.	.	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 training of hawks		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus training=Experiencer
4	train			hawks		nom training «act transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The bird is incapable of flight beyond the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 incapable	cop
4	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 flight	case
6	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	nmod
7	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	9 field	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 field	det
9	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the bird	incapable				of flight; beyond the field	tree rules

Option 2

The bird returns out of genuine affection for the trainer, as a dog does

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returns	nsubj
3	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 affection	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 affection	case
6	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 affection	amod
7	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returns	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 trainer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trainer	det
10	trainer	trainer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 affection	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 does	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 does	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 dog	det
14	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 does	nsubj
15	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 returns	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	the bird			genuine affection for the trainer			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out affection=Initial_Location
2	do	present	a dog						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The bird returns because it has learned the glove signifies a food reward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returns	nsubj
3	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 learned	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 learned	nsubj
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 learned	aux
7	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 returns	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 glove	det
9	glove	glove	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signifies	nsubj
10	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 learned	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 reward	det
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reward	compound
13	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signifies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	return	present	the bird		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	learn	present · perfect	bird		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	signify	present	the glove	a food reward	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot reward=Theme

Option 4

The bird returns owing to fatigue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returns	nsubj
3	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	owing	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 returns	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fatigue	mark
6	fatigue	fatigue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 owing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	return	present	the bird	tree rules
2	owe	gerund	the bird not said here	tree rules
3	fatigue	to-infinitive	the bird not said here	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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