Exam question 4 · Deep time and the story of life

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the termination of the age of non-avian dinosaurs.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 58 «Deep time and the story of life» of the geography 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 termination	det
13	termination	termination	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 age	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 age	det
16	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 termination	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 dinosaurs	case
18	non-avian	non-avian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 dinosaurs	amod
19	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 age	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the termination of the age of non-avian dinosaurs		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus termination=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

It followed a global flood of the continents

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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 flood	det
4	global	global	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 flood	amod
5	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 continents	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 continents	det
8	continents	continent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flood	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	It	a global flood of the continents					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flood=Theme
2	flood		the continents						nom flood «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It followed the appearance of oxygen in the atmosphere

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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 appearance	det
4	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 oxygen	case
6	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appearance	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 atmosphere	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 atmosphere	det
9	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	It	the appearance of oxygen		the atmosphere			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme in atmosphere=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It followed the impact of an asteroid approximately ten kilometres in diameter in Mexico

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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 impact	det
4	impact	impact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 asteroid	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 asteroid	det
7	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 impact	nmod
8	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	9 ten	advmod
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 kilometres	nummod
10	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 followed	obl:unmarked
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 diameter	case
12	diameter	diameter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Mexico	case
14	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 diameter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	It	the impact of a asteroid		diameter in Mexico		ten kilometres obl:unmarked	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent impact=Theme in diameter=Trajectory
2	impact			a asteroid					nom impact «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It followed the hunting of dinosaurs by early humans

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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hunting	det
4	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 dinosaurs	case
6	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hunting	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 humans	case
8	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 humans	amod
9	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	It	the hunting of dinosaurs				by early humans	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hunting=Theme by human=Trajectory
2	hunt			dinosaurs					nom hunting «act transitive»: of=patient

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