Exam question 3 · From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Irish famine of the 1840s.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Irish famine

This is exam question 3 of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» 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	12 famine	det
11	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 famine	amod
12	famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 1840s	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 1840s	det
15	1840s	1840	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	12 famine	nmod
16	.	.	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 Irish famine of the 1840s		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus famine=Experiencer

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

A disease of the potato, the staple food of the poor, resulted in approximately one million deaths

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 disease	det
2	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 potato	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 potato	det
5	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disease	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 food	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 food	det
8	staple	staple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 food	amod
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 potato	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 poor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 poor	det
12	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 food	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 resulted	punct
14	resulted	result	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 disease	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	19 deaths	case
16	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	18 million	advmod
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 million	compound
18	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 deaths	nummod
19	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 resulted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	result	participle		a disease of the potato and the staple food of the poor not said here		million deaths			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in death=Location

Option 2

The famine was occasioned by a shortage of rice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 famine	det
2	famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 occasioned	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 occasioned	aux:pass
4	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 shortage	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shortage	det
7	shortage	shortage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 occasioned	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 rice	case
9	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shortage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	past · passive	a shortage of rice	the famine					tree rules

Option 3

An excess of wheat caused widespread illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 excess	det
2	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wheat	case
4	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 excess	nmod
5	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	widespread	widespread	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 illness	amod
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	a excess of wheat	widespread illness					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition illness=Patient

Option 4

No loss of life was recorded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 loss	det
2	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 life	case
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 recorded	aux:pass
6	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	past · passive		no loss of life					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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