Exam question 1 · The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the edible part of the potato plant?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: edible part

This is exam question 1 of lesson 338 «The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 part	det
10	edible	edible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 part	amod
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 plant	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 plant	det
14	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 plant	compound
15	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 part	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the edible part of the potato plant				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 the fruit borne above the ground

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 fruit	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fruit	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fruit	det
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	borne	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fruit	acl
6	above	above	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 borne	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the fruit					tree rules
2	bear	participle		the fruit not said here		the ground			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is a seed enclosed within a pod

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 seed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seed	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 seed	det
4	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	enclosed	enclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 seed	acl
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 pod	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pod	det
8	pod	pod	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enclosed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a seed					tree rules
2	enclose	participle		a seed not said here				within a pod	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a swollen underground stem in which food is stored

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	6 stem	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stem	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stem	det
4	swollen	swollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stem	amod
5	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stem	amod
6	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 stored	obl
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stored	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stored	aux:pass
11	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 stem	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a swollen underground stem					tree rules
2	store	present · passive		food		a swollen underground stem			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in which=Location

Option 4

It is the principal root 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 root	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 root	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 root	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 root	amod
5	root	root	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 root	nmod

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

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