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
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 | 5 site | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 site | amod |
| 4 | anatomical | anatomical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 site | amod |
| 5 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 bones | case |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 bones | nsubj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bones | det |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bones | amod |
| 10 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Identify | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 increase | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 increase | det |
| 13 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 increase | compound |
| 14 | increase | increase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bones | nmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 length | case |
| 16 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 increase | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | 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 anatomical site | the long bones of a child increase in length | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cartilage | det |
| 2 | joint | joint | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cartilage | amod |
| 3 | cartilage | cartilage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 knee | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 knee | det |
| 6 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cartilage | nmod |
| 7 | exclusively | exclusively | ADV | _ | 3 cartilage | advmod |
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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 plates | det |
| 2 | growth | growth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plates | compound |
| 3 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | situated | situate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 plates | acl |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 7 extremities | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 extremities | det |
| 7 | extremities | extremity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 situated | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 bone | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bone | det |
| 10 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 extremities | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | situate | participle | the growth plates not said here | the extremities of the bone | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 surface | det |
| 2 | outer | outer | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 surface | amod |
| 3 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 bone | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bone | det |
| 6 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 surface | nmod |
| 7 | along | along | ADP | _ | 10 length | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 length | nmod:poss |
| 9 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 length | amod |
| 10 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bone | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The central portion of the bone shaft
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 portion | det |
| 2 | central | central | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 portion | amod |
| 3 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 shaft | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shaft | det |
| 6 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shaft | compound |
| 7 | shaft | shaft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 portion | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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