Exam question 2 · Carnivorous and strange plants
It is given that a single trigger hair of a Venus flytrap is stimulated once only. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, stimulate, select, establish · To what, where: It, single trigger hair, response
This is exam question 2 of lesson 61 «Carnivorous and strange plants» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a single trigger hair of a Venus flytrap is stimulated once only.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 stimulated | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hair | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hair | amod |
| 7 | trigger | trigger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hair | compound |
| 8 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stimulated | nsubj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 flytrap | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 flytrap | det |
| 11 | Venus | Venus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 flytrap | compound |
| 12 | flytrap | flytrap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hair | nmod |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 stimulated | aux:pass |
| 14 | stimulated | stimulate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 15 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 14 stimulated | advmod |
| 16 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 stimulated | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stimulate | present · passive | a single trigger hair of a Venus flytrap | once property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established facts.
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 | 3 response | amod |
| 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 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | 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 |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The trap ordinarily remains open
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 trap | det |
| 2 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remains | nsubj |
| 3 | ordinarily | ordinarily | ADV | _ | 4 remains | advmod |
| 4 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 remains | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | present | the trap | open, ordinarily property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The trap commences digestion forthwith
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 trap | det |
| 2 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 commences | nsubj |
| 3 | commences | commence | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | digestion | digestion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 commences | obj |
| 5 | forthwith | forthwith | ADV | _ | 3 commences | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | commence | present | the trap | digestion | forthwith property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent digestion=Eventuality |
Option 3
The trap is thereby permanently disabled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 trap | det |
| 2 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 disabled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 disabled | aux:pass |
| 4 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 6 disabled | advmod |
| 5 | permanently | permanently | ADV | _ | 6 disabled | advmod |
| 6 | disabled | disable | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disable | present · passive | the trap | permanently, thereby property | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
The trap closes at once with great force
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 trap | det |
| 2 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 closes | nsubj |
| 3 | closes | close | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 once | case |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 closes | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 force | case |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 force | amod |
| 8 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 closes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | present | the trap | with great force | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with force=Theme |
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