Exam question 2 · Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the determinant of the curliness of hair?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 355 «Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and going grey» 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 determinant	det
10	determinant	determinant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 curliness	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 curliness	det
13	curliness	curliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determinant	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 hair	case
15	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 curliness	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the determinant of the curliness of hair	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	determine		the curliness of hair		nom determinant «cognition transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The shape of the follicle, which is inherited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shape	det
2	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 follicle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 follicle	det
5	follicle	follicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shape	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 inherited	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 inherited	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 inherited	aux:pass
9	inherited	inherit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 follicle	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inherit	present · passive		the follicle					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The frequency with which the hair is washed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 frequency	det
2	frequency	frequency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 washed	nsubj:pass
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 hair	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 hair	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hair	det
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 frequency	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 washed	aux:pass
8	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	present · passive		the frequency with the hair					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

The practice of sleeping with damp hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 practice	det
2	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 sleeping	mark
4	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 practice	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 hair	case
6	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hair	amod
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund	the practice not said here					with damp hair	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The quantity of milk consumed in childhood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quantity	det
2	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 milk	case
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quantity	nmod
5	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 quantity	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 childhood	case
7	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	participle		the quantity of milk not said here		childhood			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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