Exam question 4 · Nuts, beans, seeds and spices

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning black, white and green peppercorns.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, black peppercorns

This is exam question 4 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	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	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 peppercorns	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 white	punct
12	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 black	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 green	cc
14	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 black	conj
15	peppercorns	peppercorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
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	black peppercorns		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus peppercorn=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 · ✓ the right answer

All three are the berry of the same climbing vine, differing in ripeness and treatment

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 three	det
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 berry	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 berry	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 berry	det
5	berry	berry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 vine	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 vine	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 vine	amod
9	climbing	climbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 vine	compound
10	vine	vine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 berry	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 differing	punct
12	differing	differ	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 berry	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 ripeness	case
14	ripeness	ripeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 differing	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 treatment	cc
16	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ripeness	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	all three	the berry				of the same climbing vine	tree rules
2	differ	gerund	the berry not said here			ripeness and treatment			vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They are derived from three unrelated species of plant

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	3 derived	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 derived	aux:pass
3	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 species	case
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 species	nummod
6	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 species	amod
7	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 derived	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 plant	case
9	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 species	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present · passive		They		three unrelated species of plant			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from species=Material

Option 3

White pepper is obtained from the root of the vine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pepper	amod
2	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obtained	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obtained	aux:pass
4	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 root	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 root	det
7	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obtained	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 vine	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 vine	det
10	vine	vine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 root	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	present · passive		White pepper		the root of the vine			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from root=Source

Option 4

Green pepper is a variety of chilli

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pepper	amod
2	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 variety	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 variety	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 variety	det
5	variety	variety	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 chilli	case
7	chilli	chilli	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 variety	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Green pepper	a variety				of chilli	tree rules

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