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Exam question 1 · Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, from baby to grown-up

Identify the principal anatomical site at which the long bones of a child increase in length.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal anatomical site, long bones

This is exam question 1 of lesson 71 «Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, from baby to grown-up» 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

detamodamodobjcasensubjdetamodoblcasedetcompoundnmodcasenmodpunctrootIdentifyVERBtheDETprincipalADJanatomicalADJsiteNOUNatADPwhichPRONtheDETlongADJbonesNOUNofADPaDETchildNOUNincreaseNOUNinADPlengthNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IdentifyidentifyVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 sitedet
3principalprincipalADJDegree=Pos5 siteamod
4anatomicalanatomicalADJDegree=Pos5 siteamod
5sitesiteNOUNNumber=Sing1 Identifyobj
6atatADP_10 bonescase
7whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel10 bonesnsubj
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 bonesdet
9longlongADJDegree=Pos10 bonesamod
10bonesboneNOUNNumber=Plur1 Identifyobl
11ofofADP_14 increasecase
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 increasedet
13childchildNOUNNumber=Sing14 increasecompound
14increaseincreaseNOUNNumber=Sing10 bonesnmod
15ininADP_16 lengthcase
16lengthlengthNOUNNumber=Sing14 increasenmod
17..PUNCT_1 Identifypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1identifyimperativeyou not said herethe principal anatomical sitethe long bones of a child increase in lengthvn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent site=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 joint cartilage of the knee exclusively

detamodcasedetnmodadvmodrootTheDETjointADJcartilageNOUNofADPtheDETkneeNOUNexclusivelyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 cartilagedet
2jointjointADJDegree=Pos3 cartilageamod
3cartilagecartilageNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4ofofADP_6 kneecase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 kneedet
6kneekneeNOUNNumber=Sing3 cartilagenmod
7exclusivelyexclusivelyADV_3 cartilageadvmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The growth plates situated near the extremities of the bone

detcompoundaclcasedetoblcasedetnmodrootTheDETgrowthNOUNplatesNOUNsituatedVERBnearADPtheDETextremitiesNOUNofADPtheDETboneNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 platesdet
2growthgrowthNOUNNumber=Sing3 platescompound
3platesplateNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
4situatedsituateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 platesacl
5nearnearADP_7 extremitiescase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 extremitiesdet
7extremitiesextremityNOUNNumber=Plur4 situatedobl
8ofofADP_10 bonecase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 bonedet
10boneboneNOUNNumber=Sing7 extremitiesnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1situateparticiplethe growth plates not said herethe extremities of the bonevn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent near extremity=Destination

Option 3

The outer surface of the bone along its entire length

detamodcasedetnmodcasenmod:possamodnmodrootTheDETouterADJsurfaceNOUNofADPtheDETboneNOUNalongADPitsPRONentireADJlengthNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 surfacedet
2outerouterADJDegree=Pos3 surfaceamod
3surfacesurfaceNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4ofofADP_6 bonecase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 bonedet
6boneboneNOUNNumber=Sing3 surfacenmod
7alongalongADP_10 lengthcase
8itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 lengthnmod:poss
9entireentireADJDegree=Pos10 lengthamod
10lengthlengthNOUNNumber=Sing6 bonenmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The central portion of the bone shaft

detamodcasedetcompoundnmodrootTheDETcentralADJportionNOUNofADPtheDETboneNOUNshaftNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 portiondet
2centralcentralADJDegree=Pos3 portionamod
3portionportionNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4ofofADP_7 shaftcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 shaftdet
6boneboneNOUNNumber=Sing7 shaftcompound
7shaftshaftNOUNNumber=Sing3 portionnmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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