Exam question 4 · Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what…
State the significance of the numeral 0 appearing first in the code stamped upon a British egg.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, significance · What happens: state, appear, stamp · To what, where: code, British egg
This is exam question 4 of lesson 342 «Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what is inside» 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 | State | state | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 significance | det |
| 3 | significance | significance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stamped | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 numeral | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 numeral | det |
| 6 | numeral | numeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 significance | nmod |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 numeral | flat |
| 8 | appearing | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 significance | acl |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 appearing | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 code | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 code | det |
| 12 | code | code | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 appearing | obl |
| 13 | stamped | stamp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 State | parataxis |
| 14 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 egg | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 egg | det |
| 16 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 egg | amod |
| 17 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stamped | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | appear | gerund | the significance of the numeral not said here | the code | first property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in code=Location | |||
| 3 | stamp | past | the significance of the numeral | a British egg | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon egg=Destination |
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 egg was laid on the first day of the week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 egg | det |
| 2 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laid | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 laid | aux:pass |
| 4 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 day | amod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laid | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 week | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 week | det |
| 11 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 day | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay | past · passive | the egg | day | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
Option 2
The egg contains no yolk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 egg | det |
| 2 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 contains | nsubj |
| 3 | contains | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 yolk | det |
| 5 | yolk | yolk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 contains | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | present | the egg | no yolk | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot yolk=Theme |
Option 3
The egg was produced by a hen confined in a cage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 egg | det |
| 2 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 produced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 produced | aux:pass |
| 4 | produced | produce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 hen | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hen | det |
| 7 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 produced | obl |
| 8 | confined | confine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 hen | acl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 cage | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cage | det |
| 11 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 confined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | produce | past · passive | a hen | the egg | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | confine | participle | a hen not said here | a cage | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cage=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The egg was produced by a hen kept under organic conditions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 egg | det |
| 2 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 produced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 produced | aux:pass |
| 4 | produced | produce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 hen | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hen | det |
| 7 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 produced | obl |
| 8 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 hen | acl |
| 9 | under | under | ADP | _ | 11 conditions | case |
| 10 | organic | organic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 conditions | amod |
| 11 | conditions | condition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | produce | past · passive | a hen | the egg | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | keep | participle | a hen not said here | organic conditions | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent under condition=Location |
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