Exam question 2 · Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpers of our food

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the bisection of an earthworm.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 291 «Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpers of our food» 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 bisection	det
11	bisection	bisection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 earthworm	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 earthworm	det
14	earthworm	earthworm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bisection	nmod
15	.	.	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 bisection of a earthworm		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bisection=Experiencer
4	bisect			a earthworm		nom bisection «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 · ← Mova's choice

It is without consequence for the animal, which feels no pain

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 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 consequence	case
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 animal	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 feels	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 feels	nsubj
10	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	conj
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 pain	det
12	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feels	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					without consequence; for the animal	tree rules
2	feel	present	consequence	no pain					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme

Option 2

It causes the worm to grow two heads

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	2 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 worm	det
4	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 grow	mark
6	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 worm	acl
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 heads	nummod
8	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	the worm					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition worm=Patient
2	grow	to-infinitive		two heads					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme

Option 3

It invariably produces two complete worms, each of which regenerates the missing part

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 produces	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 produces	advmod
3	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 worms	nummod
5	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 worms	amod
6	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 produces	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 each	punct
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 worms	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 each	fixed
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 regenerates	nsubj
11	regenerates	regenerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 produces	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 part	det
13	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 part	amod
14	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 regenerates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	It	two complete worms				invariably property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worm=Result
2	regenerate	present		the missing part					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It usually results in death, the posterior part being incapable of forming a new head

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	3 results	nsubj
2	usually	usually	ADV	_	3 results	advmod
3	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 death	case
5	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 results	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 incapable	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
8	posterior	posterior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 incapable	nsubj
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 incapable	cop
11	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 results	conj
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 forming	mark
13	forming	form	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 incapable	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 head	det
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 head	amod
16	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 forming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the posterior part					incapable property	tree rules
2	form	gerund	the posterior part not said here	a new head					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme

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