Exam question 2 · Flowers and pollination

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pollination of grasses?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, pollinate · To what, where: pollination, grasses

This is exam question 2 of lesson 58 «Flowers and pollination» 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 pollination	det
10	pollination	pollination	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 grasses	case
12	grasses	grass	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pollination	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the pollination of grasses	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	pollinate		grasses		nom pollination «event 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

It is effected exclusively by honeybees

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present · passive	honeybees	It				exclusively property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is effected by wind, with copious production of light pollen

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 effected	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 effected	aux:pass
3	effected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 wind	case
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effected	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 production	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 production	case
8	copious	copious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 production	amod
9	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effected	parataxis
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 pollen	case
11	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pollen	compound
12	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 production	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present · passive	wind	It					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	produce			light pollen					nom production «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is effected by hummingbirds attracted to red flowers with long tubes

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 effected	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 effected	aux:pass
3	effected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 hummingbirds	case
5	hummingbirds	hummingbird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 effected	obl:agent
6	attracted	attract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hummingbirds	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 flowers	case
8	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 flowers	amod
9	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 attracted	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 tubes	case
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tubes	amod
12	tubes	tube	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 attracted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present · passive	hummingbirds	It					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	attract	participle		hummingbirds not said here				to red flowers result; with long tubes	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to flower=Result

Option 4

It does not take place at any time

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	4 take	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 take	advmod
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 time	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take	present · do-support	It	place			time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

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