Exam question 2 · Dinosaurs and life long ago

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning human beings and dinosaurs.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, human beings

This is exam question 2 of lesson 78 «Dinosaurs and life long ago» 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	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 beings	amod
13	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 dinosaurs	cc
15	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 beings	conj
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	human beings and dinosaurs		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus being=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

Human beings and dinosaurs lived together briefly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beings	amod
2	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lived	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 dinosaurs	cc
4	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 beings	conj
5	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	together	together	ADV	_	5 lived	advmod
7	briefly	briefly	ADV	_	5 lived	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live together	past	Human beings and dinosaurs					briefly, together property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Human beings hunted dinosaurs for food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beings	amod
2	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hunted	nsubj
3	hunted	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hunted	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past	Human beings	dinosaurs				for food	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Location for food=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Human beings never lived at the same time as dinosaurs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beings	amod
2	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lived	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 lived	advmod
4	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 time	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 time	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	obl
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 dinosaurs	case
10	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not live	past	Human beings				time	as dinosaurs	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Human beings tamed certain small dinosaurs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beings	amod
2	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tamed	nsubj:pass
3	tamed	tame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dinosaurs	amod
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dinosaurs	amod
6	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tamed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tame	participle · passive		Human beings					tree rules

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