Exam question 3 · Growing up: growth spurts, height, voices and getting stro…
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the secretion of growth hormone in children.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, secrete · To what, where: response, secretion, growth hormone
This is exam question 3 of lesson 361 «Growing up: growth spurts, height, voices and getting stronger» 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 secretion | det |
| 11 | secretion | secretion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 hormone | case |
| 13 | growth | growth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hormone | compound |
| 14 | hormone | hormone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 secretion | nmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 children | case |
| 16 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 hormone | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 secretion of growth hormone in children | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus secretion=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | secrete | growth hormone in children | nom secretion «process 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
It is released solely upon the consumption of milk
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 | 3 released | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 released | aux:pass |
| 3 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 3 released | advmod |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 consumption | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 consumption | det |
| 7 | consumption | consumption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 released | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 milk | case |
| 9 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 consumption | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | present · passive | It | upon the consumption of milk; solely property | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | consume | milk | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
It is released exclusively during physical exercise
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 | 3 released | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 released | aux:pass |
| 3 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | exclusively | exclusively | ADV | _ | 3 released | advmod |
| 5 | during | during | ADP | _ | 7 exercise | case |
| 6 | physical | physical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 exercise | amod |
| 7 | exercise | exercise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 released | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | present · passive | It | during physical exercise | exclusively property | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is released principally during deep sleep at night
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 | 3 released | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 released | aux:pass |
| 3 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | principally | principally | ADV | _ | 3 released | advmod |
| 5 | during | during | ADP | _ | 7 sleep | case |
| 6 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sleep | amod |
| 7 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 released | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 night | case |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 released | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | present · passive | It | during deep sleep; night | principally property | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source |
Option 4
It is released only upon the attainment of adulthood
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 | 3 released | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 released | aux:pass |
| 3 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 attainment | advmod |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 attainment | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 attainment | det |
| 7 | attainment | attainment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 released | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 adulthood | case |
| 9 | adulthood | adulthood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attainment | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | present · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | attain | adulthood | nom attainment «act transitive»: of=patient |
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