Exam question 3 · Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the so-called funny bone?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, call · To what, where: funny bone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 358 «Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands» 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	14 bone	det
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 called	advmod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 so	punct
12	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 bone	acl
13	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bone	amod
14	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
15	?	?	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 funny bone	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	call	participle	the funny bone not said here		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

It is a nerve passing the elbow, and not a bone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 nerve	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 nerve	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 nerve	det
4	nerve	nerve	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 nerve	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 elbow	det
7	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passing	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bone	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bone	cc
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 bone	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bone	det
12	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nerve	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a nerve and a bone					tree rules
2	pass	gerund	a nerve and a bone not said here	the elbow					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme elbow=Trajectory

Option 2

It is a minute bone within the elbow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bone	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bone	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bone	det
4	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bone	compound
5	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 elbow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 elbow	det
8	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a minute bone				within the elbow	tree rules

Option 3

It is a muscle of the forearm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 muscle	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 muscle	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 muscle	det
4	muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 forearm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forearm	det
7	forearm	forearm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 muscle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a muscle				of the forearm	tree rules

Option 4

It is the distal extremity of the humerus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 extremity	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 extremity	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 extremity	det
4	distal	distal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 extremity	amod
5	extremity	extremity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 humerus	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 humerus	det
8	humerus	humerus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 extremity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the distal extremity				of the humerus	tree rules

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