Exam question 4 · Growing up, honesty and manners

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the timing of bodily changes during growth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: timing

This is exam question 4 of lesson 104 «Growing up, honesty and manners» of the everyday 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 timing	det
10	timing	timing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 changes	case
12	bodily	bodily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 changes	amod
13	changes	change	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 timing	nmod
14	during	during	ADP	_	15 growth	case
15	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 changes	nmod
16	?	?	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		the timing of bodily changes during growth				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

They occur only to those who are especially tall

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 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 those	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 those	case
5	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 occur	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 tall	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 tall	cop
8	especially	especially	ADV	_	9 tall	advmod
9	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 those	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	They					to those	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						especially, tall property	tree rules

Option 2

They occur only to those who eat a great deal of food each day

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 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 those	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 those	case
5	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 occur	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 eat	nsubj
7	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 those	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 deal	det
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 deal	amod
10	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eat	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 food	case
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 deal	nmod
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eat	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	They			to those	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	eat	present		a great deal of food	day		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Patient
3	deal			food			nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

They occur to every person at precisely the same age

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 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 person	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occur	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	10 age	case
7	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	10 age	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 age	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 age	amod
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occur	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	They				at the same age	to every person	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at age=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They occur to every person, at differing times and speeds

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 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 person	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occur	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 differing	punct
7	at	at	SCONJ	_	8 differing	mark
8	differing	differ	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 occur	advcl
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 differing	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 speeds	cc
11	speeds	speed	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 times	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	They					to every person	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	differ	gerund	They not said here				time		vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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