Exam question 4 · Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying s…

Ascertain which part of the rhubarb plant is unsuitable for human consumption.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, rhubarb plant · What happens: ascertain, be · To what, where: part

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 part	det
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 unsuitable	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plant	det
6	rhubarb	rhubarb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plant	compound
7	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unsuitable	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 unsuitable	cop
9	unsuitable	unsuitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 part	acl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 consumption	case
11	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 consumption	amod
12	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unsuitable	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	which part					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Topic
2	is	present	the rhubarb plant	which part not said here				for human consumption; unsuitable 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 · ← Mova's choice

The stalks, whether cooked or raw, at any season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stalks	det
2	stalks	stalk	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cooked	punct
4	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	5 cooked	mark
5	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stalks	acl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 raw	cc
7	raw	raw	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cooked	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 season	punct
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 season	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 season	det
11	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cooked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	participle		the stalks not said here			season		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The roots, by reason of their sweetness, which attracts children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 roots	det
2	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 reason	case
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roots	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sweetness	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sweetness	nmod:poss
8	sweetness	sweetness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reason	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 attracts	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 attracts	nsubj
11	attracts	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sweetness	acl:relcl
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attracts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	roots's sweetness	children					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient

Option 3

No part of the plant whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 part	det
2	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 plant	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 plant	det
5	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 part	nmod
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 part	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The leaves, by reason of their high content of oxalic acid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 leaves	det
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 reason	case
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaves	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 content	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 content	nmod:poss
8	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 content	amod
9	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reason	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 acid	case
11	oxalic	oxalic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 acid	amod
12	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 content	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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