Exam question 3 · Tarnish and how metals change

It is given that a ring containing copper produces a green mark upon the skin of its wearer. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ring, you · What happens: give, contain, produce, select, establish · To what, where: It, copper, green mark, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 14 «Tarnish and how metals change» of the chemistry 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 ring containing copper produces a green mark upon the skin of its wearer.

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	_	9 produces	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ring	det
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 produces	nsubj
7	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ring	acl
8	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 containing	obj
9	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 mark	det
11	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mark	amod
12	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 produces	obj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 skin	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 skin	det
15	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mark	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 wearer	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 wearer	nmod:poss
18	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 skin	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	contain	gerund	a ring not said here	copper		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot copper=Theme
3	produce	present	a ring	a green mark	upon the skin of ring's wearer	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Result

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 mark denotes poisoning of the blood and requires urgent medical treatment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mark	det
2	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	poisoning	poisoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 blood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blood	det
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poisoning	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 requires	cc
9	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 denotes	conj
10	urgent	urgent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 treatment	amod
11	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 treatment	amod
12	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	denote	present	the mark	poisoning of the blood	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot poisoning=Topic
2	require	present	the mark not said here	urgent medical treatment	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme treatment=Precondition
3	poison			the blood	nom poisoning «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The mark results from the ring absorbing iron from the blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 results	det
2	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 results	compound
3	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 ring	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ring	det
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 results	nmod
7	absorbing	absorb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ring	acl
8	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 absorbing	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 blood	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 blood	det
11	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 absorbing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb	gerund	the ring not said here	iron		the blood			vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Goal iron=Theme from blood=Source

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

The mark results from sweat reacting with the copper and is harmless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 results	det
2	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 results	compound
3	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reacting	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 sweat	case
5	sweat	sweat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 results	nmod
6	reacting	react	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 copper	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 copper	det
9	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reacting	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 harmless	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 harmless	cop
12	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reacting	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	react	gerund	the mark results from sweat					with the copper	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with copper=Eventuality
2	is	present	the mark results from sweat not said here					harmless property	tree rules

Option 4

The mark is permanent and cannot be washed away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mark	det
2	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 permanent	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 permanent	cop
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 washed	cc
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 washed	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 washed	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 washed	aux:pass
9	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 permanent	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 washed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the mark					permanent property	tree rules
2	not wash away	can · passive	the mark not said here					away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»

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