Exam question 4 · Sugar, chocolate, tea and coffee: the plants behind treats

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the function of caffeine in the coffee plant.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, function

This is exam question 4 of lesson 347 «Sugar, chocolate, tea and coffee: the plants behind treats» 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	11 function	det
11	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 caffeine	case
13	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 function	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 plant	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 plant	det
16	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 plant	compound
17	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 caffeine	nmod
18	.	.	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 function of caffeine in the coffee plant		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus function=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 · ← Mova's choice

It attracts goats to disperse the seeds

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 attracts	nsubj
2	attracts	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	goats	goat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attracts	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 disperse	mark
5	disperse	disperse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 attracts	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 seeds	det
7	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 disperse	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	It	goats					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Patient
2	disperse	to-infinitive		the seeds					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent seed=Patient

Option 2

It enables the plant to remain active during the night

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 enables	nsubj
2	enables	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 plant	det
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enables	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 remain	mark
6	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enables	ccomp
7	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remain	xcomp
8	during	during	ADP	_	10 night	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enable	present	It	the plant					tree rules
2	remain	to-infinitive					night	active property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a bitter substance that assists in protecting the plant from insects

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 substance	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 substance	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 substance	det
4	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 substance	amod
5	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 assists	nsubj
7	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 substance	acl:relcl
8	in	in	SCONJ	_	9 protecting	mark
9	protecting	protect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 assists	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 plant	det
11	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 protecting	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 insects	case
13	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 protecting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bitter substance		tree rules
2	assist	present	a bitter substance			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	protect	gerund	a bitter substance not said here	the plant	from insects	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent plant=Beneficiary from insect=Theme

Option 4

It produces the colour of the roasted bean

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 produces	nsubj
2	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 colour	det
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 produces	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 bean	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bean	det
7	roasted	roast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 bean	amod
8	bean	bean	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	It	the colour of the roasted bean					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Result
2	roast	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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