Exam question 4 · What a child can do for nature

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the value of planting native flowering species?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: value · What happens: follow, characteris, plant, flower · To what, where: value, native flowering species

This is exam question 4 of lesson 285 «What a child can do for nature» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 value	det
10	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 planting	mark
12	planting	plant	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 value	acl
13	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 species	amod
14	flowering	flower	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 species	amod
15	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 planting	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the value	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	plant	gerund	the value not said here	native flowering species		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=Patient
4	flower	gerund				vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=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 right answer

They furnish the most suitable food for local insects, some of which depend on a single plant

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 furnish	nsubj
2	furnish	furnish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 suitable	advmod
5	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 furnish	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 insects	case
8	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 insects	amod
9	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 furnish	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 depend	punct
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	14 depend	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 some	nmod
14	depend	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 furnish	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	18 plant	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 plant	det
17	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 plant	amod
18	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 depend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	present	They	the suitable food				for local insects	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme for insect=Recipient
2	depend	present	some					on a single plant	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on plant=Theme

Option 2

They are exclusively of ornamental value

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 value	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 value	cop
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	6 value	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 value	case
5	ornamental	ornamental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 value	amod
6	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					of ornamental value; exclusively property	tree rules

Option 3

They exclude all insects from the garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 exclude	nsubj
2	exclude	exclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 insects	det
4	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exclude	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 garden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garden	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exclude	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	present	They		all insects	the garden			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer insect=Beneficiary from garden=Eventuality

Option 4

They require no water whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 require	nsubj
2	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 require	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 require	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	They	no water				whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Precondition

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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