Exam question 3 · The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccup…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the composition of human faeces.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, composition

This is exam question 3 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	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 composition	det
11	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 faeces	case
13	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 faeces	amod
14	faeces	faece	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 composition	nmod
15	.	.	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 composition of human faeces		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus composition=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

They contain no bacteria whatsoever

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 contain	nsubj
2	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 bacteria	det
4	bacteria	bacteria	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contain	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 contain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	They	no bacteria				whatsoever property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bacteria=Theme

Option 2

They consist almost wholly of undigested meat

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 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	almost	almost	ADV	_	4 wholly	advmod
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	2 consist	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 meat	case
6	undigested	undigested	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 meat	amod
7	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wholly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They					wholly property	tree rules

Option 3

They consist of dried blood

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 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 blood	case
4	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 blood	amod
5	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They					of dried blood	tree rules
2	dry	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They consist of approximately three-quarters water, together with bacteria and fibre

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 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	8 water	advmod
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 quarters	nummod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 three	punct
7	quarters	quarter	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 water	compound
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 together	punct
10	together	together	ADV	_	2 consist	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 bacteria	case
12	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consist	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fibre	cc
14	fibre	fibre	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bacteria	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They					of quarters water; with bacteria and fibre; together property	tree rules

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