Exam question 1 · The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numb…

Identify the principal function of the red blood cells within the human circulatory system.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 261 «The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numbers» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 cells	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cells	det
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cells	amod
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cells	compound
9	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 function	nmod
10	within	within	ADP	_	14 system	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 system	det
12	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 system	amod
13	circulatory	circulatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 system	amod
14	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of the red blood cells				within the human circulatory system	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme

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 formation of scabs upon wounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 formation	det
2	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 scabs	case
4	scabs	scab	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 formation	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 wounds	case
6	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 formation	nmod

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

Option 2

The destruction of invading micro-organisms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 destruction	det
2	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 invading	mark
4	invading	invade	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 destruction	acl
5	micro-organisms	micro-organism	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 invading	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invade	gerund	the destruction not said here	micro-organisms					tree rules

Option 3

The production of the heart's audible sounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 production	det
2	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 sounds	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heart	det
5	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sounds	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 heart	case
7	audible	audible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sounds	amod
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 production	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce			the heart's audible sounds					nom production «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The conveyance of oxygen to the tissues of the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conveyance	det
2	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 oxygen	case
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveyance	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 tissues	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tissues	det
7	tissues	tissue	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conveyance	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 body	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 body	det
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tissues	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey			oxygen				to the tissues of the body	nom conveyance «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl

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