Exam question 4 · Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the number of sets of teeth acquired by a human being.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, acquire · To what, where: response, number, sets

This is exam question 4 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	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 number	det
11	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 sets	case
13	sets	set	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 number	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 teeth	case
15	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sets	nmod
16	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 sets	acl
17	by	by	SCONJ	_	19 human	mark
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 human	det
19	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 acquired	xcomp
20	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 human	advcl
21	.	.	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 number of sets of teeth		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus number=Experiencer
4	acquire	participle		sets of teeth not said here	human property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

A single set is retained throughout life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 set	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 set	amod
3	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retained	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 retained	aux:pass
5	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	7 life	case
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		a single set			throughout life		tree rules

Option 2

Six successive sets of molars are acquired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 sets	nummod
2	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sets	amod
3	sets	set	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 acquired	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 molars	case
5	molars	molar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sets	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 acquired	aux:pass
7	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	present · passive		Six successive sets of molars					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

A new set is acquired at intervals of ten years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 set	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 set	amod
3	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acquired	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 acquired	aux:pass
5	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 intervals	case
7	intervals	interval	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 acquired	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 years	case
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 intervals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	present · passive		a new set		intervals of ten years			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Two sets are acquired in the course of a lifetime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 sets	nummod
2	sets	set	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 acquired	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 acquired	aux:pass
4	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 course	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 course	det
7	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquired	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 lifetime	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lifetime	det
10	lifetime	lifetime	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 course	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	present · passive		Two sets		the course of a lifetime			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme

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