Exam question 4 · Where meat and fish come from, told honestly

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the safe handling of raw poultry.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, handle · To what, where: response, safe handling, raw poultry

This is exam question 4 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	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	12 handling	det
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 handling	amod
12	handling	handling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 poultry	case
14	raw	raw	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 poultry	amod
15	poultry	poultry	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 handling	nmod
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 safe handling of raw poultry		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus handling=Experiencer
4	handle			raw poultry		nom handling «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

It should be rinsed thoroughly under the hot tap before cooking so that all germs are removed from it

The tree, 19 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	4 rinsed	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 rinsed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 rinsed	aux:pass
4	rinsed	rinse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	_	4 rinsed	advmod
6	under	under	ADP	_	9 tap	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tap	det
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tap	amod
9	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rinsed	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 cooking	mark
11	cooking	cook	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 rinsed	advcl
12	so	so	SCONJ	_	17 removed	mark
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 removed	mark
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 germs	det
15	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 removed	nsubj:pass
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 removed	aux:pass
17	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rinsed	advcl
18	from	from	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rinse	should · passive	It	the hot tap	thoroughly property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	cook	gerund				vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	remove	present · passive	all germs	tap		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from it=Source

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It should be cooked thoroughly and must not be rinsed under the tap, since splashing disperses germs

The tree, 17 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	4 cooked	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cooked	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 cooked	aux:pass
4	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	_	4 cooked	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rinsed	cc
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 rinsed	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 rinsed	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 rinsed	aux:pass
10	rinsed	rinse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cooked	conj
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 tap	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tap	det
13	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rinsed	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 disperses	punct
15	since	since	SCONJ	_	17 disperses	mark
16	splashing	splashing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 disperses	nsubj
17	disperses	disperse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 rinsed	parataxis
18	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 disperses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cook	should · passive		It		thoroughly property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	not rinse	must · passive			the tap		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»
3	disperse	present	splashing	germs			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent germ=Patient

Option 3

It may be consumed raw provided it is fresh

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	4 consumed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 consumed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 consumed	aux:pass
4	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 provided	parataxis
5	raw	raw	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consumed	xcomp
6	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fresh	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fresh	cop
9	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	consume	may · passive		It	raw property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	provide	past				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	is	present	it		fresh property	tree rules

Option 4

It should be stored on the uppermost shelf of the refrigerator

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	4 stored	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stored	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 stored	aux:pass
4	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 shelf	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shelf	det
7	uppermost	uppermost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shelf	amod
8	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stored	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 refrigerator	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 refrigerator	det
11	refrigerator	refrigerator	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shelf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	should · passive		It		the uppermost shelf of the refrigerator			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on shelf=Location

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