Exam question 1 · Lungs and breathing

Identify the principal function of the alveoli of the lungs.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 66 «Lungs and breathing» 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	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 alveoli	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 alveoli	det
7	alveoli	alveolus	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 function	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 lungs	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lungs	det
10	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 alveoli	nmod
11	.	.	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 principal function of the alveoli of the lungs					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

The filtration of dust from inspired air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 filtration	det
2	filtration	filtration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 dust	case
4	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 filtration	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	inspired	inspired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 air	amod
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 filtration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	filter		dust			inspired air			nom filtration «process intransitive»: of=agent from=place

Option 2

The storage of food reserves for the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storage	det
2	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 reserves	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reserves	compound
5	reserves	reserve	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 storage	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 body	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 body	det
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reserves	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store			food reserves for the body					nom storage «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 exchange	det
2	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 oxygen	case
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exchange	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dioxide	cc
6	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dioxide	compound
7	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exchange	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exchange			oxygen					nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The production of the voice by vibration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 production	det
2	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 voice	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 voice	det
5	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 vibration	case
7	vibration	vibration	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 voice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce			the voice by vibration					nom production «act transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/e1/