Exam question 4 · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

Ascertain which stage of the clothes moth is responsible for damage to woollen garments.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, clothes moth · What happens: ascertain, be · To what, where: stage

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 stage	det
3	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 responsible	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moth	det
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 moth	compound
7	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 responsible	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 responsible	cop
9	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stage	acl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 damage	case
11	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 responsible	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 garments	case
13	woollen	woollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 garments	amod
14	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 damage	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	which stage					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stage=Topic
2	is	present	the clothes moth	which stage not said here				for damage to woollen garments; responsible 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

The egg prior to hatching

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 egg	det
2	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	5 hatching	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 prior	fixed
5	hatching	hatching	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 egg	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The adult winged moth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 winged	nsubj
3	winged	wing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 winged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wing	past	the adult	moth					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moth=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The larval stage, commonly termed the caterpillar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stage	det
2	larval	larval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stage	amod
3	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 termed	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 stage	punct
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	6 termed	advmod
6	termed	term	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 caterpillar	det
8	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 termed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	term	past	the larval stage	the caterpillar				commonly property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent caterpillar=Result

Option 4

The pupal stage, while it is still within its silken cocoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stage	det
2	pupal	pupal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stage	amod
3	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cocoon	punct
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 cocoon	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cocoon	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 cocoon	cop
8	still	still	ADV	_	12 cocoon	advmod
9	within	within	ADP	_	12 cocoon	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cocoon	nmod:poss
11	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cocoon	amod
12	cocoon	cocoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stage	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it				still	within its silken cocoon	tree rules

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