Exam question 3 · Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the persistence of odour subsequent to the consumption of garlic?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, consume · To what, where: persistence, garlic

This is exam question 3 of lesson 356 «Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath» 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 persistence	det
10	persistence	persistence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 subsequent	case
12	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 subsequent	compound
13	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 persistence	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 consumption	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 consumption	det
16	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 garlic	case
18	garlic	garlic	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consumption	nmod
19	?	?	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 persistence of odour subsequent	of the following statements; to the consumption of garlic; accurately property	tree rules
3	consume		garlic		nom consumption «act 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 odour is generated by the toothpaste

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 odour	det
2	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 generated	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 generated	aux:pass
4	generated	generate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 toothpaste	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toothpaste	det
7	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 generated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	present · passive	the toothpaste	the odour					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2

The odour is retained solely upon the surface of the teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 odour	det
2	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retained	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 retained	aux:pass
4	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 retained	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 surface	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 surface	det
8	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retained	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 teeth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 teeth	det
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		the odour				upon the surface of the teeth; solely property	tree rules

Option 3

The garlic continues to grow within the stomach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 garlic	det
2	garlic	garlic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 continues	nsubj
3	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 grow	mark
5	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 continues	xcomp
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 stomach	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stomach	det
8	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	the garlic						vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	grow	to-infinitive	the garlic not said here					within the stomach	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Substances derived from garlic pass into the blood and are exhaled by the lungs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Substances	substance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pass	nsubj
2	derived	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Substances	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 garlic	case
4	garlic	garlic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derived	obl
5	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 blood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blood	det
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pass	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 exhaled	cc
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 exhaled	aux:pass
11	exhaled	exhale	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pass	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 lungs	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lungs	det
14	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 exhaled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	derive	past	Substances not said here	garlic	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from garlic=Material
2	pass	present	Substances	the blood	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into blood=Initial_Location
3	exhale	present · passive	the lungs		vn exhale-40.1.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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