Exam question 1 · The desert: living with little water

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the contents of the hump of a camel?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: contents

This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «The desert: living with little water» 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 contents	det
10	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 hump	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hump	det
13	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 contents	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 camel	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 camel	det
16	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hump	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the contents of the hump of a camel				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 hump constitutes a mass of bone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hump	det
2	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	nsubj
3	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mass	det
5	mass	mass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 bone	case
7	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mass	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	the hump	a mass of bone					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mass=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The hump constitutes a reserve of fat upon which the animal may subsist when nourishment is scarce

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hump	det
2	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	nsubj
3	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reserve	det
5	reserve	reserve	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 fat	case
7	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reserve	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 subsist	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 animal	det
11	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 subsist	nsubj
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 subsist	aux
13	subsist	subsist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fat	acl:relcl
14	when	when	SCONJ	_	17 scarce	mark
15	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 scarce	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 scarce	cop
17	scarce	scarce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 constitutes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	the hump	a reserve of fat		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reserve=Pivot
2	subsist	may	the animal		upon fat	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	nourishment		scarce property	tree rules

Option 3

The hump constitutes a reservoir of water from which the animal drinks in the course of a long journey

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hump	det
2	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	nsubj
3	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reservoir	det
5	reservoir	reservoir	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reservoir	nmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 drinks	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 animal	det
11	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drinks	nsubj
12	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reservoir	parataxis
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 course	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 course	det
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drinks	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 journey	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 journey	det
18	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 journey	amod
19	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 course	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	the hump	a reservoir of water					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reservoir=Pivot
2	drink	present	the animal			a reservoir of water		in the course of a long journey	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from which=Source

Option 4

The hump constitutes a cavity filled with air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hump	det
2	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	nsubj
3	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cavity	det
5	cavity	cavity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	obj
6	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cavity	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 air	case
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	the hump	a cavity					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cavity=Pivot
2	fill	participle		a cavity not said here				with air	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with air=Instrument

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