Exam question 3 · Muscles and joints by name: biceps, triceps, knees, elbows…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the function of ligaments.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, function

This is exam question 3 of lesson 360 «Muscles and joints by name: biceps, triceps, knees, elbows and the busiest muscles» 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	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 function	det
11	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 ligaments	case
13	ligaments	ligament	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 function	nmod
14	.	.	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	the established facts not said here	the function of ligaments		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus function=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

Ligaments supply blood to the joints

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ligaments	ligament	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 supply	nsubj
2	supply	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supply	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 joints	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 joints	det
6	joints	joint	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 supply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present	Ligaments	blood	the joints				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent blood=Theme to joint=Recipient

Option 2

Ligaments join muscle to bone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ligaments	ligament	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 join	nsubj
2	join	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 join	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 bone	case
5	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 join	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	present	Ligaments	muscle				to bone	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent muscle=Patient to bone=Co-Patient

Option 3

Ligaments convey impulses to the brain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ligaments	ligament	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 convey	nsubj
2	convey	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	impulses	impulse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 convey	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 brain	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brain	det
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convey	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	Ligaments	impulses	the brain				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent impulse=Topic to brain=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ligaments join bone to bone at a joint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ligaments	ligament	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 join	nsubj
2	join	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 join	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 bone	case
5	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 join	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 joint	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 joint	det
8	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 join	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	present	Ligaments	bone		a joint		to bone	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent bone=Patient to bone=Co-Patient

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