Exam question 2 · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises bread as food for ducks?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» 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	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 food	case
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 ducks	case
13	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
14	?	?	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		bread				of the following statements; as food; for ducks; 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

It fills them without nourishing them and makes them ill

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	2 fills	nsubj
2	fills	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fills	obj
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	5 nourishing	mark
5	nourishing	nourish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fills	advcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nourishing	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 makes	cc
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 fills	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 makes	obj
10	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fill	present	It	them = they		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	nourish	gerund		them = they		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	make	present		them = they	ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product

Option 2

It is harmless in any quantity

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 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 quantity	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 quantity	det
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harmless	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			any quantity		harmless property	tree rules

Option 3

It improves the water of the pond

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	2 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pond	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pond	det
7	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 water	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the water of the pond					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 4

It is the most nourishing food for ducks of every kind and age

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	6 food	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 food	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 nourishing	advmod
5	nourishing	nourishing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ducks	case
8	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 food	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 kind	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 kind	det
11	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ducks	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 age	cc
13	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the nourishing food				for ducks of every kind and age	tree rules

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