Exam question 3 · Migration and hibernation

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the preparation of animals for hibernation.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, prepare · To what, where: response, preparation, animals

This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Migration and hibernation» 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	13 preparation	det
13	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 animals	case
15	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 preparation	nmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 hibernation	case
17	hibernation	hibernation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 animals	nmod
18	.	.	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 preparation of animals for hibernation		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus preparation=Experiencer
5	prepare			animals for hibernation		nom preparation «act transitive»: of=patient

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

They cease eating entirely in the autumn

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 cease	nsubj
2	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 cease	xcomp
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 eating	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 autumn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 autumn	det
7	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	They						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	eat	gerund	They not said here				autumn	entirely property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They grow additional 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	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feathers	amod
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	They	additional feathers					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location feather=Theme

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

They consume much food and store it as fat

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 consume	nsubj
2	consume	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 food	amod
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consume	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 store	cc
6	store	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 consume	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 store	obj
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 fat	case
9	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 store	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	They	much food					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Asset
2	store	present	They not said here	food				as fat	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

They migrate to warmer lands

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 migrate	nsubj
2	migrate	migrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 lands	case
4	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 lands	amod
5	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 migrate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	migrate	present	They					to warmer lands	tree rules

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