Exam question 2 · Plants that sting, scratch and poison

Which of the following constitutes the appropriate action where a child has eaten an unknown berry?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, eat · To what, where: unknown berry

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 eaten	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 action	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 action	case
5	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 action	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 action	amod
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eaten	obl
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 eaten	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eaten	nsubj
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 eaten	aux
13	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 berry	det
15	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 berry	amod
16	berry	berry	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eaten	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the appropriate action	tree rules
3	eat	present · perfect	a unknown berry		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient

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 matter is ignored altogether if the berry was small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ignored	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ignored	aux:pass
4	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	4 ignored	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 small	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 berry	det
8	berry	berry	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 small	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 small	cop
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ignored	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	present · passive		the matter				altogether property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is a condition, not said to happen	past	the berry					small property	tree rules

Option 2

The child is given a glass of milk and watched closely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 glass	det
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 milk	case
8	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glass	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 watched	cc
10	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 given	conj
11	closely	closely	ADV	_	10 watched	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		the child					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient glass=Theme
2	watch	past						closely property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An adult is told at once and a sample retained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 told	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 retained	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sample	det
9	sample	sample	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 retained	nsubj
10	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 told	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		a adult					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	retain	participle	a sample						tree rules

Option 4

The child is made to run about so as to aid digestion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 run	mark
6	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
7	about	about	ADV	_	8 so	advmod
8	so	so	ADV	_	6 run	advmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 aid	mark
10	to	to	PART	_	11 aid	mark
11	aid	aid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 run	advcl
12	digestion	digestion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 aid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the child	tree rules
2	run about	to-infinitive	the child not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	aid	to-infinitive	the child not said here	digestion	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent digestion=Beneficiary

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