Exam question 3 · Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals

Which of the following most accurately characterises the rotational capacity of an owl's head?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: rotational capacity

This is exam question 3 of lesson 71 «Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 capacity	det
9	rotational	rotational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 capacity	amod
10	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 head	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 owl	det
13	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 head	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 owl	case
15	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 capacity	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the rotational capacity of a owl's head				accurately property	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 · ← Mova's choice

It turns only a quarter of the way to each side

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 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 quarter	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 quarter	det
5	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 way	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quarter	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 side	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 side	det
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	It	a quarter of the way		each side			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent quarter=Theme to side=Trajectory

Option 2

It turns fully round in a complete circle

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 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fully	fully	ADV	_	2 turns	advmod
4	round	round	ADV	_	2 turns	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 circle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 circle	det
7	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 circle	amod
8	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	It			a complete circle		fully, round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It turns approximately three quarters of the way round

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 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	4 three	advmod
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 quarters	nummod
5	quarters	quarter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turns	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 way	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quarters	nmod
9	round	round	ADV	_	2 turns	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	It	three quarters of the way				round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme quarter=Result

Option 4

It does not turn, as the owl moves its eyes instead

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 turn	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 turn	advmod
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 moves	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 moves	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 owl	det
8	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moves	nsubj
9	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	parataxis
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 eyes	nmod:poss
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 moves	obj
12	instead	instead	ADV	_	9 moves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not turn	present · do-support	It						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	move	present	the owl	owl's eyes				instead property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme

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