Exam question 4 · The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines

Ascertain the origin of the variegated petals of the so-called «broken» tulips of the seventeenth century.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, call, break · To what, where: origin, broken tulips · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 origin	det
3	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 petals	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 petals	det
6	variegated	variegated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 petals	amod
7	petals	petal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 origin	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	16 tulips	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tulips	det
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 called	advmod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 so	punct
12	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 tulips	acl
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 tulips	punct
14	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 tulips	amod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 tulips	punct
16	tulips	tulip	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 petals	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 century	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 century	det
19	seventeenth	seventeenth	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 century	compound
20	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tulips	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the origin of the variegated petals of the broken tulips of the seventeenth century	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent origin=Topic
2	call speech: assert	participle		the broken tulips of the seventeenth century not said here	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	break in a quote	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 application of paint by florists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 application	det
2	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 paint	case
4	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 application	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 florists	case
6	florists	florist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 application	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply		paint						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The crossing of tulips with garden roses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crossing	det
2	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tulips	case
4	tulips	tulip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crossing	nmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 roses	case
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 roses	compound
7	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tulips	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross			tulips with garden roses					nom crossing «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Cultivation in exceptionally cold soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 soil	case
3	exceptionally	exceptionally	ADV	_	4 cold	advmod
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 soil	amod
5	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cultivation	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Infection of the plants by a virus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 plants	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 plants	det
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Infection	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 virus	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 virus	det
7	virus	virus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plants	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	infect			the plants by a virus					nom infection «state transitive»: of=patient

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