Exam question 3 · Trees

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the so-called wood wide web.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, call · To what, where: response, wood wide web · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	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	16 web	det
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 called	advmod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 so	punct
13	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 web	csubj
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 web	compound
15	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 web	amod
16	web	web	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
17	.	.	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 wood wide web		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus web=Experiencer
4	call	participle				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: 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

It denotes the branches of adjacent trees touching overhead

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 branches	det
4	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 trees	case
6	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trees	amod
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 branches	nmod
8	touching	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 trees	acl
9	overhead	overhead	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 touching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the branches of adjacent trees					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot branch=Topic
2	touch	gerund	adjacent trees not said here	overhead					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme overhead=Co-Theme

Option 2

It is a system of wires installed by foresters

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 system	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 system	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 system	det
4	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 wires	case
6	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 system	nmod
7	installed	install	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wires	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 foresters	case
9	foresters	forester	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 installed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a system				of wires	tree rules
2	install	participle		wires not said here				by foresters	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by forester=Destination

Option 3

It is a proven network by which trees converse in speech

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	5 network	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 network	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 network	det
4	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 network	amod
5	network	network	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 converse	obl
8	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 converse	nsubj
9	converse	converse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 network	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 speech	case
11	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 converse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	prove	participle					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	It	a proven network			tree rules
3	be speech: other		trees		speech	by a proven network	tree rules

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

Roots are joined to fungi, though how far trees share food is disputed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 joined	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 joined	aux:pass
3	joined	join	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 fungi	case
5	fungi	fungus	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 joined	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 share	punct
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 share	mark
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 far	advmod
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 share	advmod
10	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 share	nsubj
11	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 joined	conj
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 share	obj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 disputed	aux:pass
14	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 joined	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	join	present · passive		Roots	to fungi	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to fungus=Co-Patient
2	share	present	trees	food	far property	tree rules
3	dispute	present · passive				vn battle-36.4 «NP V»

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