Exam question 1 · Weeds and wildflowers: dandelions, nettles, daisies, clove…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term «weed»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term

This is exam question 1 of lesson 340 «Weeds and wildflowers: dandelions, nettles, daisies, clover and plantain» 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	10 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 weed	punct
12	weed	weed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 weed	punct
14	?	?	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 term				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 · ← Mova's choice

It denotes a distinct botanical family of poisonous plants

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 family	det
4	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 family	amod
5	botanical	botanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 family	amod
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 plants	case
8	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plants	amod
9	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 family	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a distinct botanical family of poisonous plants					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot family=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes any plant growing in a location where its presence is not desired

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 plant	det
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 plant	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 location	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 location	det
8	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 growing	obl
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 desired	advmod
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 presence	nmod:poss
11	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 desired	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 desired	aux:pass
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 desired	advmod
14	desired	desire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 location	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	denote	present	It	any plant		vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot plant=Topic
2	grow	gerund	any plant not said here		a location	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in location=Location
3	not desire	present · passive		location's presence		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It denotes exclusively plants bearing yellow flowers

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 denotes	advmod
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denotes	obj
5	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 plants	acl
6	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 flowers	amod
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	plants				exclusively property	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot plant=Topic
2	bear	gerund	plants not said here	yellow flowers					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient

Option 4

It denotes plants that are incapable of producing seed

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denotes	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 incapable	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 incapable	cop
6	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plants	acl:relcl
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 producing	mark
8	producing	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 incapable	advcl
9	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 producing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	plants		vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot plant=Topic
2	is	present	plants		incapable property	tree rules
3	produce	gerund	plants not said here	seed		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Result

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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