Exam question 1 · The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccup…
Identify the principal origin of the gas expelled from the large intestine.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, expel · To what, where: principal origin, gas, large intestine
This is exam question 1 of lesson 364 «The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccups and poo» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 origin | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 origin | amod |
| 4 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gas | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gas | det |
| 7 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 origin | nmod |
| 8 | expelled | expel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 gas | acl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 intestine | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 intestine | det |
| 11 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 intestine | amod |
| 12 | intestine | intestine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 expelled | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal origin of the gas | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent origin=Theme | ||||
| 2 | expel | participle | the gas not said here | the large intestine | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from intestine=Source |
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 combustion of food 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 combustion | det |
| 2 | combustion | combustion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 food | case |
| 4 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 combustion | nmod |
| 5 | within | within | ADP | _ | 7 stomach | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stomach | det |
| 7 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 combustion | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | combust | food | within the stomach | nom combustion «process intransitive»: of=agent within=obl |
Option 2
The inhalation of air through the nose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 inhalation | det |
| 2 | inhalation | inhalation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 air | case |
| 4 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 inhalation | nmod |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 nose | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 nose | det |
| 7 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 inhalation | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inhale | air | the nose | nom inhalation «act transitive»: of=patient through=place |
Option 3
The release of gas from the lungs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 release | det |
| 2 | release | release | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 gas | case |
| 4 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 release | nmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 lungs | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lungs | det |
| 7 | lungs | lung | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 release | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The fermentation of dietary fibre by bacteria
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fermentation | det |
| 2 | fermentation | fermentation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 fibre | case |
| 4 | dietary | dietary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fibre | amod |
| 5 | fibre | fibre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fermentation | nmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 bacteria | case |
| 7 | bacteria | bacterium | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fermentation | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ferment | dietary fibre | nom fermentation «state intransitive»: of=agent |
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