Exam question 2 · The garden in autumn: colours, conkers, webs and buried nuts

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the efficacy of horse chestnut seeds in repelling spiders.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, repel · To what, where: response, efficacy

This is exam question 2 of lesson 335 «The garden in autumn: colours, conkers, webs and buried nuts» 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 efficacy	det
11	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 seeds	case
13	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chestnut	compound
14	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 seeds	compound
15	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 efficacy	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 spiders	case
17	repelling	repel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 spiders	amod
18	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 seeds	nmod
19	.	.	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 efficacy of chestnut seeds in repelling spiders		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus efficacy=Experiencer
4	repel	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

No reliable evidence supports the claim, and spiders tested showed no aversion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 evidence	det
2	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 evidence	amod
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 supports	nsubj
4	supports	support	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 claim	det
6	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 supports	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 showed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 showed	cc
9	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 showed	nsubj
10	tested	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 spiders	acl
11	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 supports	conj
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 aversion	det
13	aversion	aversion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 showed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	support	present	no reliable evidence	the claim	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer claim=Stimulus
2	test	past	spiders not said here		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	show	past	spiders	no aversion	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent aversion=Recipient

Option 2

The claim has been conclusively established by numerous investigations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 claim	det
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 established	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 established	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 established	aux:pass
5	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	_	6 established	advmod
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 investigations	case
8	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 investigations	amod
9	investigations	investigation	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 established	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	present · perfect · passive	numerous investigations	the claim				conclusively property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

Spiders perish upon contact with such seeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 perish	nsubj
2	perish	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 contact	case
4	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perish	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 seeds	case
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seeds	amod
7	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contact	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perish	present	Spiders					upon contact with such seeds	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Spiders are repelled only by seeds of a polished appearance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 repelled	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 repelled	aux:pass
3	repelled	repel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 repelled	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 seeds	case
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 repelled	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 appearance	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 appearance	det
9	polished	polish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 appearance	amod
10	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seeds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repel	present · passive		Spiders				by seeds of a polished appearance	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	polish	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

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