Exam question 2 · Insects as food in other countries

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colouring agent carmine.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, agent carmine

This is exam question 2 of lesson 290 «Insects as food in other countries» 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	13 carmine	det
11	colouring	colouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 agent	compound
12	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carmine	compound
13	carmine	carmine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	.	.	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 agent carmine		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus carmine=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

It is derived from red clay

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	3 derived	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 derived	aux:pass
3	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 clay	case
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clay	amod
6	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present · passive		It		red clay			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from clay=Material

Option 2

It is a synthetic colour unrelated to any animal, manufactured from coal tar in laboratories

The tree, 15 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	5 colour	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 colour	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 colour	det
4	synthetic	synthetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 colour	amod
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 colour	amod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 animal	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 animal	det
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unrelated	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 manufactured	punct
11	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 colour	acl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 tar	case
13	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tar	compound
14	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 manufactured	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 laboratories	case
16	laboratories	laboratory	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 manufactured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a synthetic colour					tree rules
2	manufacture	participle		a synthetic colour not said here		coal tar		in laboratories	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from tar=Material

Option 3

It is extracted from tomato skins

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	3 extracted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 extracted	aux:pass
3	extracted	extract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 skins	case
5	tomato	tomato	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 skins	compound
6	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 extracted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extract	present · passive		It		tomato skins			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from skin=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is obtained from crushed cochineal insects and employed in confectionery and cosmetics

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	3 obtained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obtained	aux:pass
3	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 insects	case
5	crushed	crush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 insects	amod
6	cochineal	cochineal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 insects	compound
7	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obtained	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 employed	cc
9	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 obtained	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 confectionery	case
11	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 employed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cosmetics	cc
13	cosmetics	cosmetic	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 confectionery	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	obtain	present · passive	It		from crushed cochineal insects	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from insect=Source
2	crush	participle				vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	employ	participle		confectionery and cosmetics		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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