Exam question 3 · The nocturnal house: night animals by red light

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the slow loris raising its arms when touched.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, slow loris · What happens: select, establish, concern, raise, touch · To what, where: response, slow loris, arms

This is exam question 3 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	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	12 loris	det
11	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 loris	amod
12	loris	loris	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	raising	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 loris	acl
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 arms	nmod:poss
15	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 raising	obj
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 touched	advmod
17	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 raising	advcl
18	.	.	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 slow loris		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus loris=Experiencer
4	raise	gerund	the slow loris not said here	loris's arms		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
5	touch	participle	the slow loris not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

The posture denotes enjoyment of the contact

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 posture	det
2	posture	posture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 contact	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 contact	det
7	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enjoyment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the posture	enjoyment of the contact					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot enjoyment=Topic
2	enjoy			the contact					nom enjoyment «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The posture is a request for food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 posture	det
2	posture	posture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 request	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 request	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 request	det
5	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 food	case
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 request	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the posture	a request				for food	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The posture denotes fear and preparation for defence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 posture	det
2	posture	posture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 preparation	cc
6	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fear	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 defence	case
8	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the posture	fear and preparation				for defence	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot fear=Theme for defence=Attribute

Option 4

The posture denotes sleepiness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 posture	det
2	posture	posture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sleepiness	sleepiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the posture	sleepiness					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sleepiness=Topic

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