Exam question 3 · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the assertion that persons swallow spiders whilst asleep.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, persons · What happens: select, establish, concern, swallow · To what, where: response, assertion

This is exam question 3 of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» of the everyday 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 assertion	det
11	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 swallow	obj
13	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 swallow	nsubj
14	swallow	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 assertion	acl:relcl
15	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 swallow	obj
16	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	17 asleep	mark
17	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 swallow	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 assertion		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assertion=Experiencer
4	swallow	present	persons	the assertion		tree rules

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

It is accurate solely in respect of young children

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 accurate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accurate	cop
3	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 accurate	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accurate	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 children	case
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 children	amod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			respect of young children		accurate, solely property	tree rules
2	respect			young children					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It is accurate, at a rate of eight spiders annually

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 accurate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accurate	cop
3	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rate	punct
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 rate	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rate	det
7	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accurate	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 spiders	case
9	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 spiders	nummod
10	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rate	nmod
11	annually	annually	ADV	_	3 accurate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			a rate of eight spiders		accurate, annually property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a myth, since spiders avoid sleeping persons

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	4 myth	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 myth	det
4	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 avoid	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	8 avoid	mark
7	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 avoid	nsubj
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	parataxis
9	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 persons	amod
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present		a myth	tree rules
2	avoid	present	spiders	sleeping persons	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent person=Location
3	sleep	gerund			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is accurate solely during the summer months

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 accurate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accurate	cop
3	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 accurate	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	8 months	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 months	det
7	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 months	compound
8	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 accurate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				month	accurate, solely property	tree rules

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