Exam question 2 · Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and s…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the botanical status of the tomato?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: botanical status

This is exam question 2 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	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	11 status	det
10	botanical	botanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 status	amod
11	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 tomato	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tomato	det
14	tomato	tomato	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 status	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the botanical status of the tomato				of the following statements; accurately 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 · ✓ the right answer

It is a fruit, being that part of the plant which contains the seeds

The tree, 14 words

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 fruit	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fruit	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fruit	det
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 part	punct
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 part	cop
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 part	det
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fruit	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 plant	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 plant	det
11	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	nmod
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 contains	nsubj
13	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fruit	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 seeds	det
15	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 contains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fruit		tree rules
2	is a	gerund		that part	of the plant	tree rules
3	contain	present	a fruit	the seeds		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot seed=Theme

Option 2

It is a flower bud

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	5 bud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bud	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bud	det
4	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bud	compound
5	bud	bud	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a flower bud					tree rules

Option 3

It is a modified stem

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	5 stem	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stem	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stem	det
4	modified	modified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stem	amod
5	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a modified stem					tree rules

Option 4

It is a root vegetable

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	5 vegetable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 vegetable	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 vegetable	det
4	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 vegetable	compound
5	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a root vegetable					tree rules

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