Exam question 3 · Flowers and pollination

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the head of the sunflower.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, head

This is exam question 3 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	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 head	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 sunflower	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sunflower	det
14	sunflower	sunflower	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 head	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 head of the sunflower		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus head=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

It contains no seeds whatsoever

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	2 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 seeds	det
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contains	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 contains	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	no seeds				whatsoever property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot seed=Theme

Option 2

It is composed of leaves arranged in spirals

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 composed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 composed	aux:pass
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 leaves	case
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 composed	obl
6	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 leaves	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 spirals	case
8	spirals	spiral	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 arranged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		It				of leaves	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	arrange	participle		leaves not said here		spirals			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in spiral=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It comprises hundreds of small flowers, each producing a single seed

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	2 comprises	nsubj
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comprises	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 flowers	case
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 flowers	amod
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hundreds	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 producing	punct
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 producing	nsubj
9	producing	produce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 comprises	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 seed	det
11	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 seed	amod
12	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 producing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	It	hundreds of small flowers					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hundred=Pivot
2	produce	gerund	each	a single seed					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Result

Option 4

It constitutes a single flower bearing one large seed at its centre

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 flower	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 flower	amod
5	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 flower	acl
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 seed	nummod
8	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 seed	amod
9	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bearing	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 centre	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 centre	nmod:poss
12	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a single flower					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flower=Pivot
2	bear	gerund	a single flower not said here	one large seed		seed's centre			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient

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