Exam question 3 · Nuts, beans, seeds and spices

Ascertain the reason for which dried kidney beans must be boiled vigorously before consumption.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, reason · What happens: ascertain, dry, boil · To what, where: kidney beans, reason

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 boiled	nsubj:pass
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 dried	nsubj
6	dried	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
7	kidney	kidney	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beans	compound
8	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dried	obj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 boiled	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 boiled	aux:pass
11	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	parataxis
12	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	_	11 boiled	advmod
13	before	before	ADP	_	14 consumption	case
14	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 boiled	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	dry	past	the reason	kidney beans			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient bean=Result
3	boil	must · passive		the reason	before consumption	vigorously property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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

Boiling removes their bitter shells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boiling	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 shells	nmod:poss
4	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shells	amod
5	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	gerund							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	remove	present		their bitter shells					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Theme

Option 2

They would otherwise germinate within the stomach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 germinate	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 germinate	aux
3	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	4 germinate	advmod
4	germinate	germinate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 stomach	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stomach	det
7	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 germinate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	germinate	would	They					within the stomach; otherwise property	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They contain a natural substance, destroyed by proper boiling, that causes illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 contain	nsubj
2	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 substance	det
4	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 substance	amod
5	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contain	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 destroyed	punct
7	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 substance	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 boiling	case
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boiling	amod
10	boiling	boiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 destroyed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 causes	punct
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 causes	nsubj
13	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 substance	acl:relcl
14	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 causes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	contain	present	They	a natural substance		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot substance=Theme
2	destroy	participle		a natural substance not said here	by proper boiling	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	cause	present	a natural substance	illness		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition illness=Patient

Option 4

Boiling renders them red in colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boiling	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 renders	amod
2	renders	render	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 red	nsubj
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 red	nsubj
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 colour	case
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 red	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	gerund							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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