Exam question 2 · Where meat and fish come from, told honestly

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises dark meat?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: dark meat

This is exam question 2 of lesson 343 «Where meat and fish come from, told honestly» 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	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 meat	amod
10	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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		dark meat				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 · ✓ the right answer

It contains more myoglobin, a protein storing oxygen in muscles used for long periods

The tree, 14 words

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 myoglobin	amod
4	myoglobin	myoglobin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 protein	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 protein	det
7	protein	protein	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 myoglobin	appos
8	storing	store	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 protein	acl
9	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 storing	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 muscles	case
11	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 storing	obl
12	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 muscles	acl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 periods	case
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 periods	amod
15	periods	period	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	more myoglobin			vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot myoglobin=Theme
2	store	gerund	a protein not said here	oxygen	muscles		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent oxygen=Theme in muscle=Location
3	use	participle		muscles not said here		for long periods	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is derived exclusively from aged animals that have been kept for many years before slaughter

The tree, 16 words

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	3 derived	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 derived	aux:pass
3	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 derived	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 animals	case
6	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animals	amod
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 derived	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 kept	obj
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 kept	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 kept	aux:pass
11	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 animals	acl:relcl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 years	case
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 years	amod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 kept	obl
15	before	before	ADP	_	16 slaughter	case
16	slaughter	slaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present · passive		It				from aged animals; exclusively property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from animal=Material
2	keep	present · perfect · passive		aged animals		slaughter	year		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: that=Theme before slaughter=Location

Option 3

It contains no protein whatsoever

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 protein	det
4	protein	protein	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 contains	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	no protein				whatsoever property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot protein=Theme

Option 4

It is darkened by the process of cooking alone

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	3 darkened	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 darkened	aux:pass
3	darkened	darken	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 process	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 process	det
6	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 darkened	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 cooking	case
8	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 process	nmod
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 cooking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	darken	present · passive	the process of cooking	It					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	process			cooking					nom process «act transitive»: of=patient

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