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Exam question 3 · Senses: eyes and ears

It is asserted that the consumption of carrots confers vision in darkness. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: consumption, you · What happens: assert, confer, consume, select, establish · To what, where: It, vision, darkness, carrots, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» 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 the consumption of carrots confers vision in darkness.

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	_	9 confers	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 consumption	det
6	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 confers	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 carrots	case
8	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consumption	nmod
9	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asserted	advcl
10	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 confers	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 darkness	case
12	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 confers	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asserted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assert	present · passive		It					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	confer	present	the consumption of carrots	vision		darkness			tree rules
3	consume			carrots					nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

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

The assertion is true for children only

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	for	for	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 true	obl
7	only	only	ADV	_	4 true	advmod

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

Option 2

The assertion is true without qualification

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	without	without	ADP	_	6 qualification	case
6	qualification	qualification	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					without qualification; true property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The assertion is false, although vitamin A is needed for vision in dim light

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	_	10 needed	punct
6	although	although	SCONJ	_	10 needed	mark
7	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 needed	nsubj:pass
8	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 vitamin	det
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 needed	aux:pass
10	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 false	parataxis
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 vision	case
12	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 needed	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 light	case
14	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 light	amod
15	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					false property	tree rules
2	need	present · passive		a vitamin		dim light		for vision	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The assertion is true of carrots cooked and consumed shortly before nightfall

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 carrots	case
6	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 true	obl
7	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 carrots	acl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 consumed	cc
9	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 cooked	conj
10	shortly	shortly	ADV	_	9 consumed	advmod
11	before	before	ADP	_	12 nightfall	case
12	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					of carrots; true property	tree rules
2	cook	participle		carrots not said here					vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	consume	participle					before nightfall	shortly property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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.

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