Exam question 3 · Insects as food in other countries

Ascertain the reason for which the consumption of wild insects from a garden is inadvisable.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, consumption · What happens: ascertain, be, consume · To what, where: reason, wild insects

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 inadvisable	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consumption	det
7	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 inadvisable	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 insects	case
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 insects	amod
10	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consumption	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 garden	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 garden	det
13	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 insects	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 inadvisable	cop
15	inadvisable	inadvisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reason	acl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	is	present	the consumption of wild insects from a garden		for the reason; inadvisable property	tree rules
3	consume			wild insects from a garden		nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

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

They are invariably larger than farmed insects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 larger	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 larger	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 larger	advmod
4	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 insects	case
6	farmed	farm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 insects	amod
7	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 larger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					than farmed insects; invariably, large property	tree rules
2	farm	participle							vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They are protected by law in every country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 protected	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 protected	aux:pass
3	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protected	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 country	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 country	det
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present · passive	law	They		every country			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

Option 3

They possess no protein whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 possess	nsubj
2	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 protein	det
4	protein	protein	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possess	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 possess	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	They	no protein				whatsoever property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot protein=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They may carry pathogens, toxins or residues of pesticides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carry	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 carry	aux
3	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	pathogens	pathogen	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carry	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 toxins	punct
6	toxins	toxin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pathogens	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 residues	cc
8	residues	residue	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pathogens	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 pesticides	case
10	pesticides	pesticide	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 residues	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	may	They	pathogens and toxins or residues of pesticides					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pathogen=Theme

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