Exam question 3 · Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning beverages free of sugar.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 352 «Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist» 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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 beverages	amod
10	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 beverages	amod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 sugar	case
13	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 free	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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

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

Such beverages are without any effect upon the teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beverages	amod
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 effect	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 effect	cop
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 effect	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 effect	det
6	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 teeth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teeth	det
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such beverages					without any effect; upon the teeth	tree rules

Option 2

Such beverages strengthen enamel by virtue of their carbonation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beverages	amod
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 strengthen	nsubj
3	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	enamel	enamel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strengthen	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 virtue	case
6	virtue	virtue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strengthen	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 carbonation	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 carbonation	nmod:poss
9	carbonation	carbonation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 virtue	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strengthen	present	Such beverages	enamel				by virtue of beverages's carbonation	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enamel=Patient
2	carbonate		beverages = beverage						nom carbonation «process transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Such beverages exert a cleansing effect upon the teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beverages	amod
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exert	nsubj
3	exert	exert	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 effect	det
5	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 effect	compound
6	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exert	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 teeth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teeth	det
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exert	infinitive	Such beverages	a cleansing effect				upon the teeth	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Such beverages, being acidic, may nonetheless soften dental enamel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beverages	amod
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 soften	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 acidic	punct
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 acidic	cop
5	acidic	acidic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beverages	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 beverages	punct
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 soften	aux
8	nonetheless	nonetheless	ADV	_	9 soften	advmod
9	soften	soften	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	dental	dental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 enamel	amod
11	enamel	enamel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 soften	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						acidic property	tree rules
2	soften	may	Such beverages	dental enamel				nonetheless property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enamel=Patient

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