Exam question 2 · The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the discovery made by Alexander Fleming in 1928.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, make · To what, where: response, discovery, 1928

This is exam question 2 of lesson 257 «The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad» 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 discovery	det
11	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 discovery	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 Alexander	case
14	Alexander	Alexander	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl:agent
15	Fleming	Fleming	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Alexander	flat
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 1928	case
17	1928	1928	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 made	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 discovery			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus discovery=Experiencer
4	make	participle		the discovery not said here	1928		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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 right answer

A mould upon a culture dish was observed to have destroyed the surrounding bacteria

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mould	det
2	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 observed	nsubj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 dish	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dish	det
5	culture	culture	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dish	compound
6	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mould	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 observed	aux:pass
8	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	11 destroyed	mark
10	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 destroyed	aux
11	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 observed	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bacteria	det
13	surrounding	surround	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 bacteria	amod
14	bacteria	bacteria	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 destroyed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	observe	past · passive	a mould upon a culture dish	tree rules
2	destroy	to-infinitive · perfect	the surrounding bacteria	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bacteria=Patient
3	surround	gerund		vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Handwashing was demonstrated to prevent illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Handwashing	handwashing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demonstrated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 demonstrated	aux:pass
3	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 prevent	mark
5	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 demonstrated	xcomp
6	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prevent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	past · passive		Handwashing					tree rules
2	prevent	to-infinitive		illness					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer illness=Theme

Option 3

The first vaccine was prepared from cowpox

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vaccine	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 vaccine	amod
3	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prepared	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prepared	aux:pass
5	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 cowpox	case
7	cowpox	cowpox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prepared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	past · passive		the first vaccine		cowpox			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product from cowpox=Material

Option 4

Bacteria were observed for the first time through a microscope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 observed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 observed	aux:pass
3	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 time	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 observed	obl
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 microscope	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 microscope	det
10	microscope	microscope	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 observed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	past · passive		Bacteria		a microscope	time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

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