Exam question 2 · The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the fate of chewing gum upon its being swallowed.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, swallow, fate · To what, where: response, fate, chewing gum

This is exam question 2 of lesson 262 «The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts» 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 fate	det
11	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 gum	case
13	chewing	chewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gum	compound
14	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fate	nmod
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	18 swallowed	mark
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 swallowed	nmod:poss
17	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 swallowed	aux:pass
18	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 concerning	advcl
19	.	.	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 fate of chewing gum		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fate=Experiencer
4	swallow	gerund · passive	the established facts not said here			vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»
5	fate			chewing gum		nom fate «event transitive»: of=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

It is wholly absorbed into the blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 absorbed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 absorbed	aux:pass
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	4 absorbed	advmod
4	absorbed	absorb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 blood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blood	det
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 absorbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb	present · passive		It		the blood		wholly property	vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It adheres permanently to the wall of the intestine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 adheres	nsubj
2	adheres	adhere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	2 adheres	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 adheres	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 intestine	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 intestine	det
9	intestine	intestine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adhere	present	It					to the wall of the intestine; permanently property	vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to wall=Co-Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It passes through the digestive tract within a few days, being itself undigested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 passes	nsubj
2	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	6 tract	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tract	det
5	digestive	digestive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tract	amod
6	tract	tract	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passes	obl
7	within	within	ADP	_	10 days	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 days	det
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 days	amod
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 passes	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 undigested	punct
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 undigested	cop
13	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 being	obj
14	undigested	undigested	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 passes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	It			the digestive tract	day		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through tract=Location
2	is	gerund						undigested property	tree rules

Option 4

It remains within the stomach for a period of seven years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 stomach	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stomach	det
5	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 period	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 period	det
8	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 years	case
10	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 years	nummod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	It					within the stomach; for a period of seven years	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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