Exam question 1 · Trees

Identify the information most reliably conveyed by the annual rings of a tree.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, convey · To what, where: information

This is exam question 1 of lesson 60 «Trees» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 information	det
3	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 reliably	advmod
5	reliably	reliably	ADV	_	6 conveyed	advmod
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 information	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 rings	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rings	det
9	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rings	amod
10	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 conveyed	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 tree	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tree	det
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rings	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the information					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent information=Theme
2	convey	participle		the information not said here				by the annual rings of a tree; reliably property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

The age of the tree and the character of each growing season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 age	det
2	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 age	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 character	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 character	det
8	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 season	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 season	det
11	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 season	amod
12	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 character	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The height to which the tree will ultimately grow in its lifetime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 height	det
2	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 grow	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grow	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 grow	aux
8	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	9 grow	advmod
9	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 height	parataxis
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 lifetime	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lifetime	nmod:poss
12	lifetime	lifetime	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	future	the tree			tree's lifetime		to the height; ultimately property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lifetime=Location

Option 3

The quantity of water presently stored in the trunk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quantity	det
2	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stored	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 water	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quantity	nmod
5	presently	presently	ADV	_	6 stored	advmod
6	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 trunk	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trunk	det
9	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	participle · passive		the quantity of water		the trunk		presently property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in trunk=Location

Option 4

The number of animals inhabiting the tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 animals	case
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 number	nmod
5	inhabiting	inhabit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 animals	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tree	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inhabiting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inhabit	gerund	animals not said here	the tree					tree rules

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