Exam question 3 · Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fl…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the transmission of head lice.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, transmit · To what, where: response, transmission, head lice

This is exam question 3 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	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 transmission	det
11	transmission	transmission	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 lice	case
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lice	compound
14	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 transmission	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 transmission of head lice		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus transmission=Experiencer
4	transmit			head lice		nom transmission «act transitive»: of=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

They are transmitted by flying between persons

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	3 transmitted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 flying	mark
5	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 transmitted	advcl
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 persons	case
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive		They					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fly	gerund						between persons	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between person=Location

Option 2

They are transmitted by jumping across considerable distances

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	3 transmitted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 jumping	mark
5	jumping	jump	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 transmitted	advcl
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 distances	case
7	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 distances	amod
8	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 jumping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive		They					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	jump	gerund						across considerable distances	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across distance=Trajectory

Option 3

They are transmitted exclusively to persons with unwashed hair

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	3 transmitted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 transmitted	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transmitted	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hair	case
8	unwashed	unwashed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hair	amod
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive		They	persons			with unwashed hair; exclusively property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to person=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are transmitted by crawling from hair to hair when heads come into contact

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	3 transmitted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	aux:pass
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 crawling	mark
5	crawling	crawl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 transmitted	advcl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 hair	case
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crawling	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 hair	case
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crawling	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 come	advmod
11	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 come	nsubj
12	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transmitted	advcl
13	into	into	ADP	_	14 contact	case
14	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	transmit	present · passive		They			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	crawl	gerund			hair	to hair	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hair=Destination
3	come	present	heads		contact		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into contact=Initial_Location

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