Exam question 4 · Carnivorous and strange plants

It is asserted that certain plants of tropical forests are capable of consuming a human being. Ascertain the correct position.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: certain plants, you · What happens: assert, be, consume, ascertain · To what, where: It, a, correct position

This is exam question 4 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 asserted that certain plants of tropical forests are capable of consuming a human being.

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 asserted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asserted	aux:pass
3	asserted	assert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 capable	mark
5	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 plants	amod
6	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 capable	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 forests	case
8	tropical	tropical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 forests	amod
9	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plants	nmod
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 capable	cop
11	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 asserted	advcl
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 consuming	mark
13	consuming	consume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 capable	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 consuming	obj
15	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 consuming	xcomp
16	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 consuming	aux
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asserted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	assert	present · passive		It		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	certain plants of tropical forests		capable property	tree rules
3	consume	gerund · progressive	certain plants of tropical forests not said here	a	human property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent a=Asset

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: Ascertain the correct position.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 position	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 position	amod
4	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the correct position					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The assertion is false; the largest such plants seldom take prey above a mouse

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 false	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 false	cop
4	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 take	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plants	det
7	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 plants	amod
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plants	amod
9	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 take	nsubj
10	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	11 take	advmod
11	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 false	parataxis
12	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obj
13	above	above	ADP	_	15 mouse	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 mouse	det
15	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					false property	tree rules
2	take	present	the largest such plants	prey				above a mouse; seldom property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Theme

Option 2

The assertion is true of the titan arum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 arum	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 arum	det
7	titan	titan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 arum	compound
8	arum	arum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					of the titan arum; true property	tree rules

Option 3

The assertion is true when the plant is mature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 mature	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plant	det
7	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mature	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mature	cop
9	mature	mature	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 true	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					true property	tree rules
2	is	present	the plant					mature property	tree rules

Option 4

The assertion is true of plants in Madagascar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 plants	case
6	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 true	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Madagascar	case
8	Madagascar	Madagascar	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 plants	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					of plants in Madagascar; true property	tree rules

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