Exam question 3 · Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and s…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the bursting of the popcorn kernel.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, bursting

This is exam question 3 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	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	11 bursting	det
11	bursting	bursting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 kernel	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kernel	det
14	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 kernel	compound
15	kernel	kernel	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bursting	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 bursting of the popcorn kernel		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bursting=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

Air is drawn into the kernel by the oil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drawn	aux:pass
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 kernel	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kernel	det
6	kernel	kernel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 oil	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 oil	det
9	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present · passive		Air				into the kernel result; by the oil	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient into kernel=Result

Option 2

The seed germinates instantaneously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 seed	det
2	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 germinates	nsubj
3	germinates	germinate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	instantaneously	instantaneously	ADV	_	3 germinates	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	germinate	present	the seed					instantaneously property	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Water within the kernel is converted into steam, which ruptures the shell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 converted	nsubj:pass
2	within	within	ADP	_	4 kernel	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kernel	det
4	kernel	kernel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Water	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 converted	aux:pass
6	converted	convert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 steam	case
8	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 converted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ruptures	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 ruptures	nsubj
11	ruptures	rupture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 steam	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shell	det
13	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ruptures	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present · passive		Water within the kernel				into steam result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into steam=Result
2	rupture	present	steam	the shell					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Patient

Option 4

The shell dissolves upon heating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shell	det
2	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dissolves	nsubj
3	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 heating	case
5	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dissolves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present	the shell					upon heating	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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