Exam question 3 · The butterfly house

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the adult atlas moth.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, adult atlas moth

This is exam question 3 of lesson 98 «The butterfly 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	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	13 moth	det
11	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 moth	amod
12	atlas	atlas	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 moth	compound
13	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
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 adult atlas moth		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus moth=Experiencer

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 right answer

It possesses no mouth and survives upon reserves laid down as a caterpillar

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	2 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 mouth	det
4	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 survives	cc
6	survives	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 possesses	conj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 reserves	case
8	reserves	reserve	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 survives	obl
9	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 reserves	acl
10	down	down	ADP	_	9 laid	compound:prt
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 caterpillar	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 caterpillar	det
13	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 laid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	no mouth			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mouth=Theme
2	survive	present			reserves		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon reserve=Location
3	lay down	participle		reserves not said here		as a caterpillar	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as caterpillar=Attribute

Option 2

It consumes nectar in great quantity

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	2 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumes	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 quantity	case
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 quantity	amod
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	It	nectar		great quantity			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nectar=Asset

Option 3

It lives for a period of several years

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	2 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 period	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 period	det
5	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lives	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 years	case
7	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 years	amod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	It					for a period of several years	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It feeds exclusively upon rotting fruit

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	2 feeds	nsubj
2	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 feeds	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 fruit	case
5	rotting	rot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 fruit	amod
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feeds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present	It					upon rotting fruit; exclusively property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	rot	gerund							vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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