Exam question 2 · Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps,…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning traditional tests for poisonous mushrooms, such as the blackening of a silver spoon.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, traditional tests

This is exam question 2 of lesson 393 «Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps, adders, ticks and hornets» 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	traditional	traditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tests	amod
11	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 mushrooms	case
13	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mushrooms	amod
14	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tests	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 blackening	punct
16	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	19 blackening	case
17	as	as	ADP	_	16 such	fixed
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 blackening	det
19	blackening	blackening	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mushrooms	nmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 spoon	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 spoon	det
22	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 spoon	compound
23	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 blackening	nmod
24	.	.	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	traditional tests	for poisonous mushrooms such the blackening of a silver spoon	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus test=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 · ✓ the right answer

Such tests are without foundation, and only an expert familiar with each species may distinguish them

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tests	amod
2	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 distinguish	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 foundation	cop
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 foundation	case
5	foundation	foundation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tests	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 familiar	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 familiar	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	11 familiar	advmod
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 familiar	det
10	expert	expert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 familiar	amod
11	familiar	familiar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tests	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 species	case
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 species	det
14	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 familiar	nmod
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 distinguish	aux
16	distinguish	distinguish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 distinguish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						without foundation	tree rules
2	distinguish	may	Such tests and a expert familiar with each species	them = they					vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute they=Theme

Option 2

Such tests are reliable provided that the spoon is of great age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tests	amod
2	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 provided	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 provided	aux:pass
4	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 provided	amod
5	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 age	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spoon	det
8	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 age	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 age	cop
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 age	case
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 age	amod
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 provided	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		Such tests					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	the spoon				of great age		tree rules

Option 3

Such tests are reliable for red mushrooms exclusively

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tests	amod
2	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reliable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reliable	cop
4	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 mushrooms	case
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mushrooms	amod
7	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reliable	obl
8	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 reliable	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such tests					for red mushrooms; exclusively, reliable property	tree rules

Option 4

Such tests are reliable in all cases, the blackening of silver being caused by the poison itself

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tests	amod
2	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reliable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reliable	cop
4	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cases	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 cases	det
7	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reliable	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 caused	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 blackening	det
10	blackening	blackening	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 caused	nsubj:pass
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 silver	case
12	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blackening	nmod
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 caused	aux:pass
14	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reliable	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 poison	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 poison	det
17	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 caused	obl
18	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	17 poison	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such tests			all cases		reliable property	tree rules
2	cause	gerund · passive	the poison blackening	the blackening of silver					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient

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