Exam question 4 · Bees and wasps in the garden

Ascertain the reason for which honey remains fit for consumption for an exceptionally long period.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, honey remains · What happens: ascertain, fit · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 4 of lesson 218 «Bees and wasps in the garden» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 fit	obl
6	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remains	compound
7	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 fit	nsubj
8	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 consumption	case
10	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fit	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	15 period	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 period	det
13	exceptionally	exceptionally	ADV	_	14 long	advmod
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 period	amod
15	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fit	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	fit	present	honey remains					for the reason; for consumption; for a long period	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

It is preserved by salt added by the worker bees

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 preserved	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 preserved	aux:pass
3	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 salt	case
5	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 preserved	obl
6	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 salt	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 bees	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bees	det
9	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bees	compound
10	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 added	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	present · passive	salt	It					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary
2	add speech: assert	participle		salt not said here					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It contains a poison which is fatal to all insects and to every microorganism

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	2 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 poison	det
4	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 fatal	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fatal	cop
7	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 poison	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 insects	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 insects	det
10	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fatal	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 microorganism	cc
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 microorganism	case
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 microorganism	det
14	microorganism	microorganism	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 insects	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	a poison					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot poison=Theme
2	is	present	a poison					to all insects and every microorganism; fatal property	tree rules

Option 3

It is protected by a layer of wax throughout the entire period of its use

The tree, 15 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 protected	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 protected	aux:pass
3	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 layer	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 layer	det
6	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protected	obl:agent
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 wax	case
8	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 layer	nmod
9	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	12 period	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 period	det
11	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 period	amod
12	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protected	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 use	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 use	nmod:poss
15	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present · passive	a layer of wax	It			throughout the entire period of period's use		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary
2	use		period						nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Its high sugar content and low moisture prevent the growth of microorganisms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 content	nmod:poss
2	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 content	amod
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 content	compound
4	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prevent	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 moisture	cc
6	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 moisture	amod
7	moisture	moisture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 content	conj
8	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 growth	det
10	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prevent	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 microorganisms	case
12	microorganisms	microorganism	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 growth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	infinitive	Its high sugar content and low moisture	the growth of microorganisms					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer growth=Theme
2	grow		microorganisms						nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent

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