Exam question 3 · Milk, cheese and yoghurt

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises lactose intolerance?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: lactose intolerance

This is exam question 3 of lesson 22 «Milk, cheese and yoghurt» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	lactose	lactose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 intolerance	compound
10	intolerance	intolerance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		lactose intolerance				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 right answer

The body digests milk sugar poorly, owing to insufficient enzyme

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 digests	nsubj
3	digests	digest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sugar	compound
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 digests	obj
6	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	3 digests	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 owing	punct
8	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 digests	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 enzyme	case
10	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 enzyme	amod
11	enzyme	enzyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	digest	present	the body	milk sugar				poorly property	tree rules
2	owe	gerund	the body not said here					to insufficient enzyme goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to enzyme=Goal

Option 2

The body rejects milk owing to its colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rejects	nsubj
3	rejects	reject	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rejects	obj
5	owing	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 milk	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 colour	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 colour	nmod:poss
8	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reject	present	the body	milk					vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme
2	owe	gerund	milk not said here					to body's colour goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to colour=Goal

Option 3

The body is allergic to all foods and drinks containing any water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allergic	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allergic	cop
4	allergic	allergic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 foods	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 foods	det
7	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allergic	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drinks	cc
9	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 foods	conj
10	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 foods	acl
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 containing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the body					to all foods and drinks; allergic property	tree rules
2	contain	gerund	all foods and drinks not said here	any water					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot water=Theme

Option 4

The body produces excessive quantities of milk sugar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produces	nsubj
3	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 quantities	amod
5	quantities	quantity	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 produces	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sugar	case
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sugar	compound
8	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quantities	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	the body	excessive quantities of milk sugar					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Result

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