Exam question 4 · Groups of animals and how to tell them apart

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the bodily warmth of reptiles.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, bodily warmth

This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «Groups of animals and how to tell them apart» 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 warmth	det
13	bodily	bodily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 warmth	amod
14	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 reptiles	case
16	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 warmth	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the bodily warmth of reptiles		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus warmth=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They derive their warmth from their surroundings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 derive	nsubj
2	derive	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 warmth	nmod:poss
4	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derive	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 surroundings	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 surroundings	nmod:poss
7	surroundings	surroundings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 derive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	They	their warmth		their surroundings			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent warmth=Result from surroundings=Material

Option 2

They are warmed by their feathers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 warmed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 warmed	aux:pass
3	warmed	warm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 feathers	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 feathers	nmod:poss
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 warmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	present · passive	their feathers	They					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

They are warmed by a layer of fur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 warmed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 warmed	aux:pass
3	warmed	warm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 layer	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 layer	det
6	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warmed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 fur	case
8	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 layer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	present · passive	a layer of fur	They					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

They generate their warmth from within

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 generate	nsubj
2	generate	generate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 warmth	nmod:poss
4	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 generate	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	2 generate	obl
6	within	within	ADP	_	5 from	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	present	They	their warmth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warmth=Patient

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