Exam question 2 · Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fl…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the damage caused to woollen garments by clothes moths?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: damage · What happens: follow, characteris, cause

This is exam question 2 of lesson 397 «Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fleas and head lice» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 damage	det
10	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caused	nsubj
11	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	ccomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 garments	case
13	woollen	woollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 garments	amod
14	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 caused	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 moths	case
16	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	17 moths	compound
17	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 caused	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	cause	past	the damage	to woollen garments; by clothes moths	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to garment=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 caused exclusively by the adult moths

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	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 caused	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 moths	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moths	det
7	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 moths	amod
8	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is caused by the caterpillars, whereas the adult moths do not feed

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 caterpillars	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 caterpillars	det
6	caterpillars	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 feed	punct
8	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	14 feed	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 moths	det
10	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 moths	amod
11	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 feed	nsubj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 feed	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 feed	advmod
14	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 caused	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the caterpillars	It					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	not feed	present · do-support	the adult moths						vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is caused by mice concealed within wardrobes

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 mice	case
5	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mice	acl
7	within	within	ADP	_	8 wardrobes	case
8	wardrobes	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	mice	It					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	conceal	participle		mice not said here				within wardrobes	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is caused by spiders in the construction of webs

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 spiders	case
5	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 construction	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 construction	det
8	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 webs	case
10	webs	web	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 construction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	spiders	It		the construction of webs			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	construct			webs					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

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