Exam question 4 · Famous discoveries told as stories

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the endeavours of the alchemists.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, alchemists · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, endeavour · To what, where: response, endeavours

This is exam question 4 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 endeavours	det
13	endeavours	endeavour	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 alchemists	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 alchemists	det
16	alchemists	alchemist	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 endeavours	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the endeavours of the alchemists		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus endeavour=Experiencer
5	endeavour		the alchemists			nom endeavour «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

They failed to transmute lead into gold but devised many laboratory techniques

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 failed	nsubj
2	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 transmute	mark
4	transmute	transmute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 failed	xcomp
5	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transmute	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transmute	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 devised	cc
9	devised	devise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 failed	conj
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 techniques	amod
11	laboratory	laboratory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 techniques	amod
12	techniques	technique	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 devised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fail	past	They			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not transmute	to-infinitive	They not said here	lead	into gold result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent lead=Patient into gold=Result
3	devise	past	They not said here	many laboratory techniques		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent technique=Patient

Option 2

They invented the miners' safety lamp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 invented	nsubj
2	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 miners	det
4	miners	miner	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lamp	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 miners	case
6	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lamp	compound
7	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invented	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	They	the miners's safety lamp					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Result

Option 3

They discovered the structure of DNA

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 discovered	nsubj
2	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 structure	det
4	structure	structure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discovered	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 DNA	case
6	DNA	DNA	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 structure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past	They	the structure of DNA					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent structure=Topic

Option 4

They succeeded in transmuting lead into gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 succeeded	nsubj
2	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	SCONJ	_	4 transmuting	mark
4	transmuting	transmute	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 succeeded	advcl
5	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transmuting	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transmuting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	succeed	past	They						vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	transmute	gerund	They not said here	lead				into gold result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent lead=Patient into gold=Result

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