Exam question 3 · Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between teeth and bones?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 3 of lesson 351 «Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 teeth	case
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 relationship	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bones	cc
14	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 teeth	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the relationship				of the following statements; between teeth and bones; accurately property	tree rules

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

Teeth are not bones, possessing no marrow and being incapable of self-repair

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bones	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bones	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 bones	advmod
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 possessing	punct
6	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 bones	acl
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 marrow	det
8	marrow	marrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessing	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 incapable	cc
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 incapable	cop
11	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessing	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 repair	case
13	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 repair	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 self	punct
15	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	Teeth	bones		tree rules
2	possess	gerund	bones not said here	no marrow		vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot marrow=Theme
3	is a	gerund	bones not said here	incapable	of self repair	tree rules

Option 2

Teeth are composed of hardened skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 composed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 composed	aux:pass
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 skin	case
5	hardened	harden	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 skin	amod
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		Teeth				of hardened skin	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	harden	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Teeth are the hardest bones of the skeleton

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bones	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bones	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bones	det
4	hardest	hard	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 bones	amod
5	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 skeleton	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 skeleton	det
8	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bones	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Teeth	the hardest bones				of the skeleton	tree rules

Option 4

Teeth are small bones which heal as the limbs do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bones	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bones	cop
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bones	amod
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 heal	nsubj
6	heal	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bones	acl:relcl
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 do	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 limbs	det
9	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 do	nsubj
10	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 heal	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Teeth	small bones	tree rules
2	heal	present	small bones		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	do	present	the limbs		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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