Exam question 3 · Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying s…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between the foxglove and the medicine digitalis?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 foxglove	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 foxglove	det
13	foxglove	foxglove	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 digitalis	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 digitalis	det
16	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 digitalis	compound
17	digitalis	digitalis	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the relationship and the medicine digitalis				of the following statements; between the foxglove; accurately property	tree rules

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

Digitalis is a remedy against the sting of nettles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Digitalis	digitalis	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remedy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 remedy	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 remedy	det
4	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 sting	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sting	det
7	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remedy	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 nettles	case
9	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Digitalis	a remedy				against the sting of nettles	tree rules
2	sting			nettles					nom sting «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The foxglove is entirely harmless in any quantity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 foxglove	det
2	foxglove	foxglove	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 harmless	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 harmless	cop
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 harmless	advmod
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 quantity	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 quantity	det
8	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 harmless	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the foxglove			any quantity		entirely, harmless property	tree rules

Option 3

The foxglove was discovered to be poisonous only in recent years, after it had long been eaten as a salad

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 foxglove	det
2	foxglove	foxglove	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discovered	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 discovered	aux:pass
4	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 poisonous	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 poisonous	cop
7	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 discovered	xcomp
8	only	only	ADV	_	11 years	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 years	case
10	recent	recent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 years	amod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 discovered	obl:unmarked
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 eaten	punct
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	18 eaten	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 eaten	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 eaten	aux
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 eaten	advmod
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 eaten	aux:pass
18	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 discovered	conj
19	as	as	ADP	_	21 salad	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 salad	det
21	salad	salad	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 eaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past · passive	the foxglove	year		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	is	to-infinitive			poisonous property	tree rules
3	eat	past · perfect · passive	foxglove		as a salad; long property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A substance poisonous in large quantity is beneficial to the heart in a carefully regulated dose

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 substance	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beneficial	nsubj
3	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 substance	amod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 quantity	case
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 quantity	amod
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substance	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 beneficial	cop
8	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 heart	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heart	det
11	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beneficial	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	16 dose	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 dose	det
14	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	15 regulated	advmod
15	regulated	regulated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 dose	amod
16	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heart	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a substance in large quantity					to the heart in a regulated dose; beneficial property	tree rules

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