Exam question 2 · Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying s…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sensation produced by the consumption of chillies.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, produce, consume · To what, where: response, sensation, chillies

This is exam question 2 of lesson 255 «Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying safe» 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 sensation	det
11	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 sensation	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 consumption	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 consumption	det
15	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 produced	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 chillies	case
17	chillies	chilli	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 consumption	nmod
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 sensation		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sensation=Experiencer
4	produce	participle		the sensation not said here	by the consumption of chillies	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	consume			chillies		nom consumption «act 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

The tongue is chemically burnt and permanently damaged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tongue	det
2	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burnt	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 burnt	aux:pass
4	chemically	chemically	ADV	_	5 burnt	advmod
5	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 damaged	cc
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	8 damaged	advmod
8	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 burnt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burnt	present · passive		the tongue				chemically property	tree rules
2	damage	participle						permanently property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The temperature of the mouth is raised substantially, often to the point of scalding

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 temperature	det
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raised	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 mouth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mouth	det
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 temperature	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 raised	aux:pass
7	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	substantially	substantially	ADV	_	7 raised	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 point	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	13 point	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 point	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 point	det
13	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raised	parataxis
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 scalding	case
15	scalding	scalding	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 point	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	present · passive		the temperature of the mouth				substantially property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	point			scalding					nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The substance capsaicin stimulates pain receptors so as to produce a sensation of heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 capsaicin	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 capsaicin	compound
3	capsaicin	capsaicin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stimulates	nsubj
4	stimulates	stimulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 receptors	compound
6	receptors	receptor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stimulates	obj
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 produce	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 produce	mark
9	to	to	PART	_	10 produce	mark
10	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stimulates	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sensation	det
12	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 produce	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 heat	case
14	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sensation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	stimulate	present	the substance capsaicin	pain receptors	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus receptor=Experiencer
2	produce	to-infinitive	the substance capsaicin not said here	a sensation of heat	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensation=Result
3	sense			heat	nom sensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The sensation arises from the colour of the fruit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sensation	det
2	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arises	nsubj
3	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 colour	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 colour	det
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arises	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fruit	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fruit	det
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	the sensation			the colour of the fruit			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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