Exam question 3 · Smells that warn

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning food of doubtful condition.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, food

This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Smells that warn» 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	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	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 condition	case
14	doubtful	doubtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 condition	amod
15	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 food	nmod
16	.	.	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	food of doubtful condition		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus food=Experiencer

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

Food that smells normal is invariably safe to consume

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 safe	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 smells	nsubj
3	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Food	acl:relcl
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smells	xcomp
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	7 safe	advmod
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 consume	mark
9	consume	consume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 safe	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	smell	present	Food	normal property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	Food	invariably, safe property	tree rules
3	consume	to-infinitive	Food not said here		vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Some harmful bacteria alter neither smell nor appearance, wherefore doubtful food should be discarded

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 bacteria	det
2	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bacteria	amod
3	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 alter	nsubj
4	alter	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	6 smell	det
6	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 alter	obj
7	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	8 appearance	cc
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smell	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 discarded	punct
10	wherefore	wherefore	ADV	PronType=Int	15 discarded	advmod
11	doubtful	doubtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 food	amod
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 discarded	nsubj:pass
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 discarded	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 discarded	aux:pass
15	discarded	discard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 alter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present	some harmful bacteria	neither smell nor appearance					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent smell=Patient
2	discard	should · passive		doubtful food				wherefore property	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Heating spoiled food always renders it safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renders	nsubj
2	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 food	amod
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Heating	conj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 renders	advmod
5	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 renders	obj
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	participle							vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	render	present	Heating and spoiled food	food				always, safe property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Food spoiled by bacteria always smells sour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smells	nsubj
2	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Food	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 bacteria	case
4	bacteria	bacteria	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoiled	obl
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 smells	advmod
6	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	sour	sour	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 smells	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	participle		Food not said here				by bacteria	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	smell	present	Food					always, sour property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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