Exam question 2 · Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the nutrition of carnivorous plants.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, nutrify · To what, where: response, nutrition, carnivorous plants

This is exam question 2 of lesson 254 «Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck» 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 nutrition	det
11	nutrition	nutrition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 plants	case
13	carnivorous	carnivorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 plants	amod
14	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 nutrition	nmod
15	.	.	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 nutrition of carnivorous plants		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nutrition=Experiencer
4	nutrify			carnivorous plants		nom nutrition «process transitive»: of=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

They obtain their food solely from the mud of bogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 obtain	nsubj
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 food	nmod:poss
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtain	obj
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 obtain	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 mud	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mud	det
8	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtain	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 bogs	case
10	bogs	bog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 mud	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	present	They	their food		the mud of bogs		solely property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent food=Theme from mud=Source

Option 2

They derive all of their food exclusively from captured insects, being unable to make any themselves

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 derive	nsubj
2	derive	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 derive	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 food	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 food	nmod:poss
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 all	nmod
7	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	10 insects	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 insects	case
9	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 insects	amod
10	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 derive	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 unable	punct
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 unable	cop
13	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 insects	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 make	mark
15	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 unable	xcomp
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 make	obj
17	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	derive	present	They	all	from captured insects	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent all=Result from insect=Material
2	capture	participle				vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	gerund	They not said here		unable property	tree rules
4	make	to-infinitive	They not said here	any		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset any=Beneficiary themselves=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They manufacture their principal food by photosynthesis and derive additional nutrients from captured insects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 manufacture	nsubj
2	manufacture	manufacture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 food	nmod:poss
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 food	amod
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 manufacture	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 photosynthesis	case
7	photosynthesis	photosynthesis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 manufacture	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 derive	cc
9	derive	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 manufacture	conj
10	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 nutrients	amod
11	nutrients	nutrient	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 derive	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 insects	case
13	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 insects	amod
14	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 derive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	manufacture	present	They	their principal food	by photosynthesis	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Result
2	derive	present	They not said here	additional nutrients	from captured insects	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent nutrient=Result from insect=Material
3	capture	participle				vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They are incapable of photosynthesis

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 incapable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 photosynthesis	case
5	photosynthesis	photosynthesis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incapable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					of photosynthesis; incapable property	tree rules

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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