Exam question 4 · The heart and blood
It is given that a small cut ceases to bleed after several minutes. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: small cut, you · What happens: give, cease, bleed, select, establish · To what, where: It, response
This is exam question 4 of lesson 65 «The heart and blood» 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 small cut ceases to bleed after several minutes.
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 | _ | 8 ceases | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cut | det |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cut | amod |
| 7 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ceases | nsubj |
| 8 | ceases | cease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 bleed | mark |
| 10 | bleed | bleed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 ceases | xcomp |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 13 minutes | case |
| 12 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 minutes | amod |
| 13 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 bleed | obl |
| 14 | . | . | 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 | cease | present | a small cut | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | bleed | to-infinitive | a small cut not said here | minute | vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
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
Platelets and fibrin form a clot that seals the wound
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Platelets | platelet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 form | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 fibrin | cc |
| 3 | fibrin | fibrin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Platelets | conj |
| 4 | form | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 clot | det |
| 6 | clot | clot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 form | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 seals | nsubj |
| 8 | seals | seal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 clot | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wound | det |
| 10 | wound | wound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seals | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | present | Platelets and fibrin | a clot | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location clot=Theme | ||||
| 2 | seal | present | a clot | the wound | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient |
Option 2
The heart ceases to pump temporarily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 heart | det |
| 2 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ceases | nsubj |
| 3 | ceases | cease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pump | mark |
| 5 | pump | pump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ceases | xcomp |
| 6 | temporarily | temporarily | ADV | _ | 5 pump | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cease | present | the heart | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | pump | to-infinitive | the heart not said here | temporarily property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The air solidifies the blood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 air | det |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 solidifies | nsubj |
| 3 | solidifies | solidify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 blood | det |
| 5 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 solidifies | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | solidify | present | the air | the blood | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent blood=Patient |
Option 4
The blood is reabsorbed by the skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 blood | det |
| 2 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reabsorbed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reabsorbed | aux:pass |
| 4 | reabsorbed | reabsorb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 skin | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 skin | det |
| 7 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reabsorbed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reabsorb | present · passive | the skin | the blood | tree rules |
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