Exam question 4 · Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning growth plates.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 359 «Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of a baby» 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	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 plates	case
10	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plates	compound
11	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	nmod
12	.	.	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				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

They permit the lengthening of bones and close in the late teens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 permit	nsubj
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bones	det
4	lengthening	lengthen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bones	amod
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 lengthening	obl
6	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 permit	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 close	cc
8	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 permit	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 teens	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 teens	det
11	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 teens	amod
12	teens	teen	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	permit	present	They	the lengthening bones		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme
2	lengthen	gerund				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	close	present	They not said here		in the late teens	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent in teen=Topic

Option 2

They are situated solely in the skull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 situated	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 situated	aux:pass
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 situated	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 skull	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skull	det
7	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	present · passive		They		the skull		solely property	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in skull=Destination

Option 3

They remain open throughout life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remain	nsubj
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp
4	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	5 life	case
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	They			life		open property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme throughout life=Location

Option 4

They close at the moment of birth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 close	nsubj
2	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 moment	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 moment	det
5	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 close	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 birth	case
7	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	present	They				moment		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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