Exam question 2 · Life cycles
Which of the following is designated by the term metamorphosis?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: following · What happens: follow, designate
This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Life cycles» 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 following | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 following | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 designated | csubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 designated | aux:pass |
| 6 | designated | designate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 metamorphosis | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 metamorphosis | det |
| 9 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 metamorphosis | compound |
| 10 | metamorphosis | metamorphosis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 designated | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 designated | 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 | designate | present · passive | following | by the term metamorphosis | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |
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 long winter sleep of an animal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sleep | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sleep | amod |
| 3 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sleep | compound |
| 4 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 animal | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 animal | det |
| 7 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sleep | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | a animal | nom sleep «state intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2
The laying of eggs by an adult animal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 laying | det |
| 2 | laying | laying | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 eggs | case |
| 4 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 laying | nmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 animal | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 animal | det |
| 7 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 animal | compound |
| 8 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 laying | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The journey of an animal to warmer lands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 journey | det |
| 2 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 animal | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 animal | det |
| 5 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 journey | nmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 lands | case |
| 7 | warmer | warm | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 lands | amod |
| 8 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 journey | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | journey | a animal | to warmer lands | nom journey «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A great alteration in body shape during an animal's life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 alteration | det |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 alteration | amod |
| 3 | alteration | alteration | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 shape | case |
| 5 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shape | compound |
| 6 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 alteration | nmod |
| 7 | during | during | ADP | _ | 11 life | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 animal | det |
| 9 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 life | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 animal | case |
| 11 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 alteration | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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