Exam question 1 · The big biology quiz, part 2: plants, the body and microbes

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the classification of mushrooms.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, classify · To what, where: response, classification, mushrooms

This is exam question 1 of lesson 299 «The big biology quiz, part 2: plants, the body and microbes» 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 classification	det
11	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 mushrooms	case
13	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 classification	nmod
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 classification of mushrooms		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classification=Experiencer
4	classify			mushrooms		nom classification «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

Mushrooms are minerals formed in the soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 minerals	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 minerals	cop
3	minerals	mineral	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 minerals	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 soil	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 soil	det
7	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 formed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Mushrooms	minerals					tree rules
2	form	participle		minerals not said here		the soil			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in soil=Location

Option 2

Mushrooms are plants devoid of leaves, flowers and chlorophyll

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 devoid	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 devoid	cop
3	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 devoid	nsubj
4	devoid	devoid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 leaves	case
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 devoid	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 flowers	punct
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 leaves	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 chlorophyll	cc
10	chlorophyll	chlorophyll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mushrooms					of leaves and flowers and chlorophyll; devoid property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Mushrooms are fungi, which constitute a kingdom distinct from plants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fungi	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fungi	cop
3	fungi	fungus	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 constitute	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 constitute	nsubj
6	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fungi	acl:relcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 kingdom	det
8	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constitute	obj
9	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 constitute	xcomp
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 plants	case
11	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 constitute	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Mushrooms	fungi					tree rules
2	constitute	present	fungi	a kingdom		plants		distinct property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kingdom=Pivot

Option 4

Mushrooms are animals of a sedentary character

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 animals	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 animals	cop
3	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 character	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 character	det
6	sedentary	sedentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 character	amod
7	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 animals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Mushrooms	animals				of a sedentary character	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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