Exam question 3 · The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhinos and ant…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the substance of which rhinoceros horn is composed.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, compose · To what, where: response, substance, rhinoceros horn

This is exam question 3 of lesson 101 «The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhinos and antelopes» of the biology 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 substance	det
11	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 composed	obl
14	rhinoceros	rhinoceros	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 horn	compound
15	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 composed	nsubj:pass
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 composed	aux:pass
17	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 substance	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the substance		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus substance=Experiencer
4	compose	present · passive		rhinoceros horn	of the substance	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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

It is composed of ivory, like the tusk of the elephant, and is employed in modern medicine

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 composed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 composed	aux:pass
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 ivory	case
5	ivory	ivory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 composed	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tusk	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 tusk	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tusk	det
9	tusk	tusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 composed	parataxis
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 elephant	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 elephant	det
12	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tusk	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 employed	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 employed	cc
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 employed	aux:pass
16	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 composed	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 medicine	case
18	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 medicine	amod
19	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		It				of ivory	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	employ	present · passive				modern medicine			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is composed of keratin, the substance of hair and fingernails, and possesses no medicinal property

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 composed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 composed	aux:pass
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 keratin	case
5	keratin	keratin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 composed	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 substance	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 substance	det
8	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keratin	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 hair	case
10	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 substance	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fingernails	cc
12	fingernails	fingernail	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hair	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 possesses	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 possesses	cc
15	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 composed	conj
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 property	det
17	medicinal	medicinal	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 property	compound
18	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 possesses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		It				of keratin	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	possess	present		no medicinal property					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot property=Theme

Option 3

It is composed of solid bone and is renewed annually

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 composed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 composed	aux:pass
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 bone	case
5	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bone	amod
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 composed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 renewed	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 renewed	aux:pass
9	renewed	renew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 composed	conj
10	annually	annually	ADV	_	9 renewed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		It				of solid bone	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	renew	present · passive						annually property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»

Option 4

It is composed of a woody material of considerable medicinal value

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 composed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 composed	aux:pass
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 material	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 material	det
6	woody	woody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 material	amod
7	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 composed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 value	case
9	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 value	amod
10	medicinal	medicinal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 value	amod
11	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 material	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		It				of a woody material of considerable medicinal value	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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