Exam question 4 · Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning white rice.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 345 «Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world» 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	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rice	amod
11	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	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	white rice		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rice=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

It is brown rice from which the bran has been removed, with a consequent loss of vitamin B1

The tree, 18 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 rice	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rice	cop
3	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rice	amod
4	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 removed	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bran	det
8	bran	bran	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 removed	nsubj:pass
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 removed	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 removed	aux:pass
11	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rice	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 loss	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 loss	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 loss	det
15	consequent	consequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 loss	compound
16	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rice	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 vitamin	case
18	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 loss	nmod
19	B1	B1	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 vitamin	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	brown rice and a consequent loss of vitamin					tree rules
2	remove	present · perfect · passive		the bran		brown rice and a consequent loss of vitamin			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from which=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It contains more vitamins than brown rice

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 vitamins	amod
4	vitamins	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contains	obj
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 rice	case
6	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rice	amod
7	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 vitamins	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	more vitamins				than brown rice	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vitamin=Theme

Option 3

It is a distinct species cultivated in cold regions

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	5 species	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 species	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 species	det
4	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 species	amod
5	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	cultivated	cultivate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 species	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 regions	case
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 regions	amod
9	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cultivated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a distinct species					tree rules
2	cultivate	participle		a distinct species not said here		cold regions			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is brown rice that has been bleached with chalk

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 rice	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rice	cop
3	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rice	amod
4	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 bleached	obj
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bleached	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 bleached	aux:pass
8	bleached	bleach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rice	acl:relcl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 chalk	case
10	chalk	chalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bleached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	brown rice					tree rules
2	bleach	present · perfect · passive		brown rice				with chalk	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: that=Patient with chalk=Instrument

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