Exam question 1 · Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★

Determine which of the following assertions is consistent with established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, follow, be, establish · To what, where: assertions

This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» of the myths 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 consistent	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 consistent	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 consistent	det
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 consistent	csubj
6	assertions	assertion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 following	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 consistent	cop
8	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Determine	ccomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 facts	case
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 facts	amod
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 consistent	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund		assertions		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assertion=Theme
3	is	present			with established facts; consistent property	tree rules
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

A camel's hump serves as a reservoir of water for the desert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 camel	det
2	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hump	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 camel	case
4	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 serves	nsubj
5	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 reservoir	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 reservoir	det
8	reservoir	reservoir	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 serves	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 water	case
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reservoir	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 desert	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 desert	det
13	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 serves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	a camel's hump					as a reservoir of water; for the desert	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as reservoir=Attribute

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An owl is able to rotate its head through approximately three-quarters of a circle

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 owl	det
2	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 able	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 able	cop
4	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 rotate	mark
6	rotate	rotate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 able	xcomp
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rotate	obj
9	through	through	ADP	_	13 quarters	case
10	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	11 three	advmod
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 quarters	nummod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 three	punct
13	quarters	quarter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rotate	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 circle	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 circle	det
16	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 quarters	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a owl					able property	tree rules
2	rotate	to-infinitive	a owl not said here	owl's head		three quarters of a circle			vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Theme through quarter=Destination

Option 3

A goldfish retains memories for three seconds only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 goldfish	det
2	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retains	nsubj
3	retains	retain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 retains	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 seconds	case
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 seconds	nummod
7	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 retains	obl
8	only	only	ADV	_	3 retains	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present	a goldfish	memories			second		tree rules

Option 4

All species of bat are without sight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 species	det
2	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sight	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bat	case
4	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 species	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sight	cop
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 sight	case
7	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all species of bat					without sight	tree rules

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