Exam question 4 · The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conser…

Ascertain the reason for which a tomato is classified by botanists as a fruit.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, botanists · What happens: ascertain, classify · To what, where: reason, tomato

This is exam question 4 of lesson 300 «The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conservation and 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	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	9 classified	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tomato	det
7	tomato	tomato	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 classified	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 classified	aux:pass
9	classified	classify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 botanists	case
11	botanists	botanist	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 classified	obl
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 fruit	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fruit	det
14	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 classified	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	classify	present · passive	botanists	a tomato				for the reason; as a fruit	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as fruit=Attribute

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

It is a modified stem of the plant

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 stem	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stem	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stem	det
4	modified	modified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stem	amod
5	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 plant	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plant	det
8	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stem	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a modified stem				of the plant	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It develops from a flower and contains seeds

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 develops	nsubj
2	develops	develop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 flower	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 flower	det
5	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 develops	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 contains	cc
7	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 develops	conj
8	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 contains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	develop	present	It					from a flower	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from flower=Patient
2	contain	present		seeds					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot seed=Theme

Option 3

It is grown beneath the surface of the soil

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 grown	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux:pass
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 surface	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 surface	det
6	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grown	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 soil	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 soil	det
9	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · passive		It				beneath the surface of the soil	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It is consumed principally in a sweet dish

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 consumed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 consumed	aux:pass
3	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	principally	principally	ADV	_	3 consumed	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 dish	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dish	det
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dish	amod
8	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive		It		a sweet dish		principally property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

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