Exam question 1 · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the anatomy of a spider?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: anatomy

This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 anatomy	det
10	anatomy	anatomy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 spider	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 spider	det
13	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 anatomy	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	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 anatomy of a spider				of the following statements; 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 possesses eight legs, three body regions and wings

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	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 legs	nummod
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possesses	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 regions	punct
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 regions	nummod
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 regions	compound
8	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 legs	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wings	cc
10	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 legs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	eight legs and three body regions and wings					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme

Option 2

It possesses six legs and no distinct body regions

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	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 legs	nummod
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possesses	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 regions	cc
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 regions	det
7	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 regions	amod
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 regions	compound
9	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 legs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	six legs and no distinct body regions					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme

Option 3

It possesses six legs, three body regions, a pair of antennae and wings

The tree, 13 words

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	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 legs	nummod
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possesses	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 regions	punct
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 regions	nummod
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 regions	compound
8	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 legs	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pair	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pair	det
11	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 legs	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 antennae	case
13	antennae	antennae	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pair	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wings	cc
15	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 antennae	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	six legs and three body regions and a pair of antennae and wings					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It possesses eight legs, two body regions and no antennae

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	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 legs	nummod
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possesses	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 regions	punct
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 regions	nummod
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 regions	compound
8	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 legs	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 antennae	cc
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 antennae	det
11	antennae	antennae	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 legs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	eight legs and two body regions and no antennae					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme

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