Exam question 3 · "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning spiders and the human ear.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, spiders

This is exam question 3 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ear	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ear	det
13	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ear	amod
14	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spiders	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	spiders and the human ear		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus spider=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

Spiders do so only during the winter months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	nsubj
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 only	advmod
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 months	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	8 months	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 months	det
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 months	compound
8	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	Spiders				month		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The matter is settled by common knowledge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 settled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 settled	aux:pass
4	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 knowledge	case
6	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 knowledge	amod
7	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 settled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	present · passive	common knowledge	the matter					vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme subject=Location

Option 3

Spiders customarily lay eggs in the ears of sleepers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lay	nsubj
2	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	3 lay	advmod
3	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lay	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 ears	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ears	det
7	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lay	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 sleepers	case
9	sleepers	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ears	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present	Spiders	eggs		the ears of sleepers		customarily property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in ear=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Spiders do not lay their eggs in human ears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lay	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lay	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 lay	advmod
4	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eggs	nmod:poss
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lay	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 ears	case
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ears	amod
9	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not lay	present · do-support	Spiders	Spiders's eggs		human ears			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in ear=Destination

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