Exam question 1 · Nuts, beans, seeds and spices

Identify the location at which the pod of the peanut develops.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pod · What happens: identify, develop · To what, where: location

This is exam question 1 of lesson 348 «Nuts, beans, seeds and spices» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 develops	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pod	det
7	pod	pod	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 develops	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 peanut	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 peanut	det
10	peanut	peanut	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pod	nmod
11	develops	develop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 location	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the location					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme
2	develop	present	the pod of the peanut			the location			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at which=Location

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

At the summit of a tall tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 summit	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 summit	det
3	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 tree	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tree	det
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tree	amod
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 summit	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Upon the surface of standing water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 surface	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 surface	det
3	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Beneath the surface of the soil, the flower stalk having bent downward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	_	3 surface	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 surface	det
3	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bent	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 soil	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 soil	det
6	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surface	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 surface	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stalk	det
9	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stalk	compound
10	stalk	stalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bent	nsubj:pass
11	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 bent	aux
12	bent	bend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	downward	downward	ADV	_	12 bent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	gerund · perfect · passive		the flower stalk		the surface of the soil		downward property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme beneath surface=Location

Option 4

Within the flower at the apex of the plant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Within	within	ADP	_	3 flower	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flower	det
3	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 apex	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 apex	det
6	apex	apex	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flower	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 plant	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plant	det
9	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 apex	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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