Exam question 1 · Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and s…

Identify the part of the plant constituted by the potato tuber.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, constitute · To what, where: part, plant

This is exam question 1 of lesson 288 «Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds» 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	3 part	det
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 plant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 plant	det
6	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
7	constituted	constitute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 plant	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 tuber	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tuber	det
10	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tuber	compound
11	tuber	tuber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 constituted	obl
12	.	.	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 part of the plant					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent part=Theme
2	constitute	participle		the plant not said here				by the potato tuber	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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

A modified leaf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 leaf	det
2	modified	modify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 leaf	amod
3	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	modify	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A fruit containing seeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fruit	det
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 fruit	acl
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 containing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	gerund	a fruit not said here	seeds					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot seed=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A swollen underground stem bearing buds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 buds	det
2	swollen	swollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 buds	amod
3	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 buds	amod
4	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bearing	compound
5	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buds	compound
6	buds	bud	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 4

A root of the same nature as the carrot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 root	det
2	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 nature	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nature	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nature	amod
6	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 root	nmod
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 carrot	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 carrot	det
9	carrot	carrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 root	nmod

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

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