Exam question 4 · The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hazards of slug pellets.

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

This is exam question 4 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	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 hazards	det
11	hazards	hazard	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 pellets	case
13	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pellets	compound
14	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hazards	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 hazards of slug pellets		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hazard=Experiencer
4	hazard			slug pellets		nom hazard «state 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 · ✓ the right answer

Certain slug pellets may harm hedgehogs and birds, and the most harmful kind has been prohibited in Britain

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pellets	amod
2	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pellets	compound
3	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 harm	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 harm	aux
5	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 harm	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 birds	cc
8	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hedgehogs	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 prohibited	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 prohibited	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kind	det
12	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	13 harmful	advmod
13	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 kind	amod
14	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 prohibited	nsubj:pass
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 prohibited	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 prohibited	aux:pass
17	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 harm	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 Britain	case
19	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harm	may	Certain slug pellets	hedgehogs and birds					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hedgehog=Experiencer
2	prohibit	present · perfect · passive		the harmful kind		Britain			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Slug pellets are beneficial to the health of hedgehogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pellets	compound
2	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 beneficial	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 beneficial	cop
4	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 health	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 health	det
7	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beneficial	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 hedgehogs	case
9	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 health	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Slug pellets					to the health of hedgehogs; beneficial property	tree rules

Option 3

Slug pellets are required by law in every vegetable garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pellets	compound
2	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 law	case
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 garden	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 garden	det
9	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 garden	compound
10	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	law	Slug pellets		every vegetable garden			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

Option 4

Slug pellets are harmless to every creature other than slugs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pellets	compound
2	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 harmless	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 harmless	cop
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 creature	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 creature	det
7	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 harmless	obl
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 creature	amod
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 slugs	case
10	slugs	slug	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 harmless	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Slug pellets					to every creature; than slugs; harmless property	tree rules

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