Exam question 1 · The nocturnal house: night animals by red light

Identify the principal reason for which nocturnal exhibits are illuminated with dim red light.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, illuminate · To what, where: principal reason, nocturnal exhibits

This is exam question 1 of lesson 95 «The nocturnal house: night animals by red light» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 illuminated	obl
7	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 exhibits	amod
8	exhibits	exhibit	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 illuminated	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 illuminated	aux:pass
10	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 light	case
12	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 light	amod
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 light	amod
14	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 illuminated	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	illuminate	present · passive		nocturnal exhibits				for the principal reason; with dim red light	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with light=Theme

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

Numerous nocturnal species perceive red light poorly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 species	amod
2	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 species	amod
3	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 perceive	nsubj
4	perceive	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 light	amod
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 perceive	obj
7	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	4 perceive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present	Numerous nocturnal species	red light				poorly property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Red light induces sleep in the animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 light	amod
2	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 induces	nsubj
3	induces	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 induces	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 animals	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animals	det
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 induces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	present	Red light	sleep				in the animals	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Patient

Option 3

Red light repels insects from the enclosure and its visitors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 light	amod
2	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repels	nsubj
3	repels	repel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 repels	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 enclosure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 enclosure	det
7	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repels	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 visitors	cc
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 visitors	nmod:poss
10	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 enclosure	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repel	present	Red light	insects		the enclosure and light's visitors			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus insect=Experiencer

Option 4

Red light raises the temperature of the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 light	amod
2	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raises	nsubj
3	raises	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 temperature	det
5	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raises	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 room	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 room	det
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 temperature	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	present	Red light	the temperature of the room					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temperature=Theme

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