Exam question 3 · Weeds and wildflowers: dandelions, nettles, daisies, clove…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the cultivation of clover by farmers.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, cultivate · To what, where: response, cultivation, clover

This is exam question 3 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	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 cultivation	det
11	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 clover	case
13	clover	clover	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cultivation	nmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 farmers	case
15	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
16	.	.	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 cultivation of clover	by farmers	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cultivation=Experiencer
4	cultivate			clover		nom cultivation «act 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

Clover is cultivated solely for the purpose of obtaining four-leaf specimens, which command a high price at market

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clover	clover	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cultivated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cultivated	aux:pass
3	cultivated	cultivate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 cultivated	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purpose	det
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cultivated	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	13 specimens	case
9	obtaining	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 specimens	amod
10	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 leaf	nummod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 four	punct
12	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 specimens	compound
13	specimens	specimen	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 purpose	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 command	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 command	nsubj
16	command	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 specimens	acl:relcl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 price	det
18	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 price	amod
19	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 command	obj
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 market	case
21	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 command	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cultivate	present · passive		Clover		for the purpose of obtaining leaf specimens; solely property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for purpose=Beneficiary
2	obtain	gerund					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	command	present	obtaining leaf specimens	a high price	market		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent price=Theme at market=Eventuality
4	purpose		obtaining leaf specimens				nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Bacteria within nodules upon the roots of clover produce fertiliser from the air, enriching the soil

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 enriching	nsubj
2	within	within	ADP	_	3 nodules	case
3	nodules	nodule	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bacteria	nmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 roots	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roots	det
6	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nodules	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 fertiliser	case
8	clover	clover	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fertiliser	compound
9	produce	produce	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fertiliser	compound
10	fertiliser	fertiliser	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roots	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 air	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 air	det
13	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fertiliser	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 enriching	punct
15	enriching	enrich	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 soil	det
17	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 enriching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enrich	gerund	Bacteria within nodules upon the roots of clover produce fertiliser from the air	the soil					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme soil=Destination

Option 3

Clover deprives the soil of all nourishment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clover	clover	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deprives	nsubj
2	deprives	deprive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deprives	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 nourishment	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 nourishment	det
7	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 soil	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	present	Clover	the soil of all nourishment					vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Source
2	soil			all nourishment					nom soil «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Clover repels all insects from the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clover	clover	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repels	nsubj
2	repels	repel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 insects	det
4	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 repels	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 field	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repels	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repel	present	Clover	all insects		the field			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus insect=Experiencer

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