Exam question 1 · Plants deeper: do trees talk? Fungi, warning smells and gi…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the association between soil fungi and the roots of trees.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, association

This is exam question 1 of lesson 252 «Plants deeper: do trees talk? Fungi, warning smells and giant clones» 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 association	det
11	association	association	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	between	between	ADP	_	14 fungi	case
13	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fungi	compound
14	fungi	fungus	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 association	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 roots	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 roots	det
17	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fungi	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 trees	case
19	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 roots	nmod
20	.	.	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 association	between soil fungi and the roots of trees	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus association=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 · ✓ the right answer

The fungus supplies water and minerals and receives sugar in return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fungus	det
2	fungus	fungus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supplies	nsubj
3	supplies	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supplies	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 minerals	cc
6	minerals	mineral	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 water	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 receives	cc
8	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 supplies	conj
9	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receives	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 return	case
11	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present	the fungus	water and minerals					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Recipient
2	receive	present	the fungus not said here	sugar		return			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sugar=Theme in return=Location

Option 2

No exchange of any substance occurs between them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 exchange	det
2	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occurs	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 substance	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 substance	det
5	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exchange	nmod
6	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 occurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	no exchange of any substance					between them = they	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between they=Location
2	exchange			any substance					nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The fungus is a parasite which invariably kills the tree within a few years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fungus	det
2	fungus	fungus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parasite	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 parasite	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 parasite	det
5	parasite	parasite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 kills	nsubj
7	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	8 kills	advmod
8	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 parasite	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kills	obj
11	within	within	ADP	_	14 years	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 years	det
13	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 years	amod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 kills	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the fungus	a parasite					tree rules
2	kill	present	a parasite	the tree			year	invariably property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme

Option 4

The tree supplies water and receives sugar in return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tree	det
2	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supplies	nsubj
3	supplies	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supplies	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 receives	cc
6	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 supplies	conj
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 receives	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 return	case
9	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 receives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present	the tree	water					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Recipient
2	receive	present	the tree not said here	sugar		return			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sugar=Theme in return=Location

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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