Exam question 4 · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

Ascertain the means by which a chick effects its emergence from the egg.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, emergence, its · What happens: ascertain, mean, effect, emerge · To what, where: egg

This is exam question 4 of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» of the religion ethics 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 effects	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 effects	det
7	chick	chick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 effects	compound
8	effects	effect	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 means	obj
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 emergence	nmod:poss
10	emergence	emergence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 effects	nsubj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 egg	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 egg	det
13	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 effects	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here		vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	effect		its emergence	the egg	tree rules
4	emerge		its = it		nom emergence «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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

By means of assistance from the parent bird externally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 means	case
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 assistance	case
4	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 bird	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bird	compound
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assistance	nmod
9	externally	externally	ADV	_	2 means	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						of assistance from the parent bird; externally property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

By means of the spontaneous dissolution of the shell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 means	case
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 dissolution	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dissolution	det
5	spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dissolution	amod
6	dissolution	dissolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 shell	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shell	det
9	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dissolution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						of the spontaneous dissolution of the shell	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	dissolve			the shell					nom dissolution «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By means of a small egg tooth situated upon its beak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 means	case
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 tooth	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tooth	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tooth	amod
6	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tooth	compound
7	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
8	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 tooth	acl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 beak	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 beak	nmod:poss
11	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						of a small egg tooth	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	situate	participle		a small egg tooth not said here		tooth's beak			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon beak=Destination

Option 4

By means of the intervention of the farmer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 means	case
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 intervention	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 intervention	det
5	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 farmer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 farmer	det
8	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 intervention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						of the intervention of the farmer	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	intervene		the farmer						nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent

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