Exam question 3 · Dinosaurs and life long ago

Identify, from the evidence hereinafter enumerated, that which demonstrates that an animal ate plants.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, that, animal · What happens: identify, enumerate, demonstrate, eat · To what, where: evidence hereinafter, plants

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hereinafter	punct
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 hereinafter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hereinafter	det
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hereinafter	compound
6	hereinafter	hereinafter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
7	enumerated	enumerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hereinafter	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 demonstrates	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 demonstrates	nsubj
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 demonstrates	nsubj
11	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 ate	mark
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 animal	det
14	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ate	nsubj
15	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 demonstrates	ccomp
16	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 ate	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		the evidence hereinafter	vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	enumerate	participle		the evidence hereinafter not said here		tree rules
3	demonstrate	present	that			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
4	eat	past	a animal	plants		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=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 · ← Mova's choice

Large, forward-facing eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eyes	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Large	punct
3	forward	forward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 facing	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 forward	punct
5	facing	face	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 eyes	amod
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	gerund							vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Long, hooked claws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 claws	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Long	punct
3	hooked	hook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 claws	amod
4	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hook	participle							vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Flat, grinding teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teeth	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Flat	punct
3	grinding	grind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 teeth	amod
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grind	gerund							vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Sharp, curved teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teeth	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sharp	punct
3	curved	curve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 teeth	amod
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curve	participle							vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material

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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