Test 1 · ★ · DNA simply: the recipe in every cell

«I've got mum's nose and dad's ears, so I'm like 50/50» What is closest to the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: get, be · To what, where: nose · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
3	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 got	aux
4	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 closest	parataxis
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nose	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 mum	case
7	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ears	cc
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ears	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dad	case
11	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 nose	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 50/50	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 50/50	advmod
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 50/50	nsubj
15	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 50/50	cop
16	like	like	ADP	_	17 50/50	case
17	50/50	50/50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 got	obl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 closest	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 closest	cop
21	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 truth	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 truth	det
24	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 closest	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 closest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · perfect	I	mum's nose and dad's ears		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nose=Stimulus
2	is in a quote	present	I		like 50/50	tree rules
3	is	present			to the truth; close property	tree rules

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

No, DNA has nothing to do with looks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 DNA	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	DNA	DNA	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 has	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 nothing	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 looks	case
9	looks	look	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	DNA	nothing					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
2	do	to-infinitive	DNA not said here	nothing not said here				with looks	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No, your DNA comes from your grandparents only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 comes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 comes	punct
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 DNA	nmod:poss
4	DNA	DNA	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comes	nsubj
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 grandparents	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 grandparents	nmod:poss
8	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 comes	obl
9	only	only	ADV	_	5 comes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	your DNA			your grandparents			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from grandparent=Initial_Location

Option 3

No, you got all of your DNA from your mum, and only your name from your dad

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 got	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 DNA	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 DNA	nmod:poss
8	DNA	DNA	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 all	nmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 mum	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 all	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 name	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 name	cc
14	only	only	ADV	_	16 name	advmod
15	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 name	nmod:poss
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 dad	case
18	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 dad	nmod:poss
19	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 name	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	you	all				from your mum; your name from your dad obl	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent all=Theme from mum=Source
2	name		your					from your dad	nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent from=obl

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, you got half your DNA from each parent, mixed in a new way

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	7 DNA	det:predet
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 DNA	nmod:poss
7	DNA	DNA	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 parent	case
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 parent	det
10	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mixed	punct
12	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 parent	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 way	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 way	det
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 way	amod
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	you	your DNA				from each parent	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dna=Theme from parent=Source
2	mix	participle		each parent not said here		a new way			vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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