Exam question 4 · Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show
It is given that four flamingos stand upon one leg apiece whilst two further flamingos stand upon both legs. Ascertain the aggregate number of feet in contact with the ground.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: four flamingos, two further flamingos, you · What happens: give, stand, ascertain · To what, where: It, one leg, legs, aggregate number, contact
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that four flamingos stand upon one leg apiece whilst two further flamingos stand upon both legs.
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 | SCONJ | _ | 7 stand | mark |
| 5 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 flamingos | nummod |
| 6 | flamingos | flamingo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 stand | nsubj |
| 7 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 leg | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 leg | nummod |
| 10 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stand | obl |
| 11 | apiece | apiece | ADV | _ | 7 stand | advmod |
| 12 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 16 stand | mark |
| 13 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 flamingos | nummod |
| 14 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 flamingos | amod |
| 15 | flamingos | flamingo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 stand | nsubj |
| 16 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 stand | advcl |
| 17 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 19 legs | case |
| 18 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 legs | det |
| 19 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 stand | obl |
| 20 | . | . | 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 | stand | present | four flamingos | one leg | apiece property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon leg=Location | |||
| 3 | stand | present | two further flamingos | both legs | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon leg=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: Ascertain the aggregate number of feet in contact with the ground.
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 | 4 number | det |
| 3 | aggregate | aggregate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 number | compound |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 feet | case |
| 6 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 number | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 contact | case |
| 8 | contact | contact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 ground | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ground | det |
| 11 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 contact | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | 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 aggregate number of feet | contact with the ground | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Eight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Twelve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Six
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Ten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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