Exam question 2 · The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the difference between plant and animal cells.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, difference

This is exam question 2 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» 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 difference	det
11	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	between	between	ADP	_	13 plant	case
13	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 difference	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 cells	cc
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cells	compound
16	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 plant	conj
17	.	.	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 difference	between plant and animal cells	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus difference=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

Plant and animal cells are in all respects identical, differing only in their colour and in their size

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cells	compound
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 animal	cc
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Plant	conj
4	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 respects	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 respects	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 respects	obl
8	respects	respect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 respects	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 differing	punct
11	differing	differ	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 respects	advcl
12	only	only	ADV	_	15 colour	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 colour	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 colour	nmod:poss
15	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 differing	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 size	cc
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 size	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 size	nmod:poss
19	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 colour	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Plant cells			all		identical, respect property	tree rules
2	differ	gerund	Plant cells not said here	cells's colour and cells's size					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Animal cells possess a rigid wall, whereas plant cells possess none at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cells	compound
2	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 possess	nsubj
3	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wall	det
5	rigid	rigid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wall	amod
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possess	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 possess	punct
8	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	10 cells	case
9	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cells	compound
10	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 possess	nsubj
11	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 possess	conj
12	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	11 possess	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 possess	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Animal cells	a rigid wall					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wall=Theme
2	possess	present	plant cells	none		all			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot none=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Plant cells possess a rigid cell wall, whereas animal cells are bounded solely by a membrane

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cells	compound
2	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 possess	nsubj
3	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wall	det
5	rigid	rigid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wall	amod
6	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wall	compound
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possess	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bounded	punct
9	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	13 bounded	mark
10	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cells	compound
11	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bounded	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 bounded	aux:pass
13	bounded	bound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 possess	conj
14	solely	solely	ADV	_	13 bounded	advmod
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 membrane	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 membrane	det
17	membrane	membrane	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bounded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Plant cells	a rigid cell wall					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wall=Theme
2	bound	present · passive	a membrane	animal cells				solely property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location subject=Theme

Option 4

Only animal cells contain a nucleus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 cells	advmod
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cells	compound
3	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contain	nsubj
4	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 nucleus	det
6	nucleus	nucleus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	animal cells	a nucleus					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nucleus=Theme

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