Exam question 3 · Insects and spiders

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the classification of spiders.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 72 «Insects and spiders» 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 classification	det
13	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 spiders	case
15	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 classification	nmod
16	.	.	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 classification of spiders		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classification=Experiencer
5	classify			spiders		nom classification «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 are insects, together with ants and beetles

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 insects	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 insects	cop
3	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ants	punct
5	together	together	ADV	_	7 ants	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 ants	case
7	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 insects	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 beetles	cc
9	beetles	beetle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 insects	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	insects and ants and beetles					tree rules

Option 2

They are worms, together with earthworms

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 worms	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worms	cop
3	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 earthworms	punct
5	together	together	ADV	_	7 earthworms	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 earthworms	case
7	earthworms	earthworm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worms	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	worms and earthworms					tree rules

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

They are arachnids, together with scorpions, ticks and mites

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 arachnids	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 arachnids	cop
3	arachnids	arachnid	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 scorpions	punct
5	together	together	ADV	_	7 scorpions	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 scorpions	case
7	scorpions	scorpion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 arachnids	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ticks	punct
9	ticks	tick	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scorpions	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mites	cc
11	mites	mite	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scorpions	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	arachnids				with scorpions and ticks and mites	tree rules

Option 4

They are crustaceans, together with crabs

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 crustaceans	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 crustaceans	cop
3	crustaceans	crustacean	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 crabs	punct
5	together	together	ADV	_	7 crabs	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 crabs	case
7	crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 crustaceans	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	crustaceans and crabs					tree rules

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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