Exam question 3 · Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and y…

Ascertain the origin of the cavities observed in cheeses of the Emmental type.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, observe · To what, where: origin, cavities, cheeses

This is exam question 3 of lesson 341 «Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and yoghurt» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 origin	det
3	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 cavities	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cavities	det
6	cavities	cavity	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 origin	nmod
7	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cavities	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 cheeses	case
9	cheeses	cheese	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 observed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 type	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 type	det
12	Emmental	emmental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 type	amod
13	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cheeses	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the origin of the cavities					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent origin=Topic
2	observe	participle		the cavities not said here		cheeses of the Emmental type			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

Gas produced by bacteria during the ripening of the cheese

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Gas	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 bacteria	case
4	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 produced	obl:agent
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 ripening	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ripening	det
7	ripening	ripening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 produced	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cheese	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cheese	det
10	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ripening	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	participle		Gas not said here			during the ripening of the cheese		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	ripen			the cheese					nom ripening «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The consumption of the cheese by rodents during storage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 consumption	det
2	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 cheese	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cheese	det
5	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumption	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 rodents	case
7	rodents	rodent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cheese	nmod
8	during	during	ADP	_	9 storage	case
9	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume			the cheese by rodents			during storage		nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient during=obl

Option 3

The deliberate perforation of the cheese by its maker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 perforation	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 perforation	amod
3	perforation	perforation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 cheese	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cheese	det
6	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perforation	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 maker	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 maker	nmod:poss
9	maker	maker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perforation	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The evaporation of whey from the surface of the cheese

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 evaporation	det
2	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 whey	case
4	whey	whey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 evaporation	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 surface	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 surface	det
7	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 evaporation	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cheese	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cheese	det
10	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evaporate			whey		the surface of the cheese			nom evaporation «process transitive»: of=patient from=place

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