Exam question 1 · Plants that sting, scratch and poison

Identify the purpose of the rhyme «Leaves of three, let it be».

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, purpose, rhyme · What happens: identify, let, be, purpose · To what, where: purpose · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 237 «Plants that sting, scratch and poison» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 rhyme	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rhyme	det
6	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purpose	nmod
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 Leaves	punct
8	Leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rhyme	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 three	case
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 Leaves	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 let	obj
14	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the purpose of the rhyme	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme clause=Attribute
2	let in a quote	infinitive		purpose	tree rules
3	be in a quote	infinitive	purpose not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	purpose		the rhyme		nom purpose «cognition 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

To recognise those mushrooms that are safe for consumption

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 recognise	mark
2	recognise	recognise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 mushrooms	det
4	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 recognise	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 safe	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mushrooms	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 consumption	case
9	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	to-infinitive		that mushrooms					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mushroom=Stimulus
2	is	present	that mushrooms					for consumption; safe property	tree rules

Option 2

To count the petals of daffodils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 count	mark
2	count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 petals	det
4	petals	petal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 count	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 daffodils	case
6	daffodils	daffodil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 petals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	to-infinitive		the petals of daffodils					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petal=Theme

Option 3

To identify those wild berries which may be eaten safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 identify	mark
2	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 berries	det
4	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 berries	amod
5	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 identify	obj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 eaten	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 eaten	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 eaten	aux:pass
9	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 berries	acl:relcl
10	safely	safely	ADV	_	2 identify	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	to-infinitive		that wild berries				safely property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent berry=Theme
2	eat	may · passive		that wild berries					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To assist in the avoidance of poison ivy and poison oak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 assist	mark
2	assist	assist	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 avoidance	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 avoidance	det
5	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assist	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 ivy	case
7	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ivy	compound
8	ivy	ivy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 avoidance	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 oak	cc
10	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 oak	compound
11	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ivy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	to-infinitive				the avoidance of poison ivy and poison oak			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	avoid			poison ivy and poison oak					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

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