Exam question 3 · Minibeasts in the house: house spiders, silverfish, woodli…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the damage sustained by woollen garments.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, sustain · To what, where: response, damage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 370 «Minibeasts in the house: house spiders, silverfish, woodlice, moths and cockroaches» 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 damage	det
11	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 damage	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 garments	case
14	woollen	woollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 garments	amod
15	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sustained	obl
16	.	.	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 damage		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus damage=Experiencer
4	sustain	participle		the damage not said here	by woollen garments	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

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 caused by the adult moths by means of teeth concealed beneath the head

The tree, 15 words

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 means	advcl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 moths	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moths	det
6	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 moths	amod
7	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 means	case
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 teeth	case
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 means	obl
12	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 teeth	acl
13	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	15 head	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 head	det
15	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the adult moths	It			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	mean	present				of teeth	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	conceal	participle		teeth not said here	the head		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath head=Location

Option 2

It is caused by the wearing of cotton

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 cotton	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cotton	det
6	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 cotton	compound
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 wearing	obl
8	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the wearing cotton	It					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	wear	gerund							vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is caused by the larvae of the clothes moth, the adults taking no food

The tree, 15 words

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 larvae	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 larvae	det
6	larvae	larva	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 moth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 moth	det
9	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	10 moth	compound
10	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 larvae	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 adults	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 adults	det
13	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	conj
14	taking	take	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 adults	acl
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 food	det
16	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 taking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the larvae of the clothes moth	It					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	take	gerund	the adults not said here	no food					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 4

It is caused by silverfish exclusively

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 silverfish	case
5	silverfish	silverfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 caused	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	silverfish	It				exclusively property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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