Exam question 1 · Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous

Identify the distinction between venomous and poisonous animals.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: distinction

This is exam question 1 of lesson 188 «Record-breakers: the most venomous and poisonous» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 distinction	det
3	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	8 animals	case
5	venomous	venomous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 animals	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 poisonous	cc
7	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 venomous	conj
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 distinction	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the distinction				between venomous animals	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Venomous animals inject toxin by bite or sting, whereas poisonous animals are harmful when touched or consumed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Venomous	venomous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 animals	amod
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 inject	nsubj
3	inject	inject	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	toxin	toxin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inject	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 bite	case
6	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inject	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 sting	cc
8	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bite	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 harmful	punct
10	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	14 harmful	mark
11	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 animals	amod
12	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 harmful	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 harmful	cop
14	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 inject	parataxis
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 touched	advmod
16	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 inject	advcl
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 consumed	cc
18	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 touched	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	inject	present	Venomous animals	toxin	by bite or sting	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toxin=Patient
2	is	present	poisonous animals		harmful property	tree rules
3	touch	participle	Venomous animals not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	consume	participle	Venomous animals not said here			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Venomous animals are invariably larger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Venomous	venomous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 animals	amod
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 larger	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 larger	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 larger	advmod
5	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Venomous animals					invariably, large property	tree rules

Option 3

The terms are entirely synonymous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 terms	det
2	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 synonymous	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 synonymous	cop
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 synonymous	advmod
5	synonymous	synonymous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the terms					entirely, synonymous property	tree rules

Option 4

Poisonous animals inject toxin, whereas venomous animals are harmful when consumed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poisonous	Poisonous	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 animals	compound
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 inject	nsubj
3	inject	inject	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	toxin	toxin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inject	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 harmful	punct
6	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	10 harmful	mark
7	venomous	venomous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 animals	amod
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 harmful	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 harmful	cop
10	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 inject	conj
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 consumed	advmod
12	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 inject	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	inject	present	Poisonous animals	toxin		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toxin=Patient
2	is	present	venomous animals		harmful property	tree rules
3	consume	participle	Poisonous animals not said here			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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