Exam question 3 · Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a breakfast containing protein?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: breakfast · What happens: follow, characteris, contain · To what, where: breakfast, protein

This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 breakfast	det
10	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 breakfast	acl
12	protein	protein	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 containing	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a breakfast	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	contain	gerund	a breakfast not said here	protein		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot protein=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

It assists in maintaining the sensation of fullness for a longer period

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 assists	nsubj
2	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	SCONJ	_	4 maintaining	mark
4	maintaining	maintain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 assists	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sensation	det
6	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maintaining	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 fullness	case
8	fullness	fullness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sensation	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 period	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 period	det
11	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 period	amod
12	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maintaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	assist	present	It			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	maintain	gerund		the sensation of fullness	for a longer period	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent sensation=Theme
3	sense			fullness		nom sensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It is harmful to children before school

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 harmful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmful	cop
3	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harmful	obl
6	before	before	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harmful	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				before school	to children; harmful property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It causes hunger to return within minutes

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 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 return	mark
5	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 causes	xcomp
6	within	within	ADP	_	7 minutes	case
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	hunger					tree rules
2	return	to-infinitive	hunger not said here				minute		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It provides no energy of any kind

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 provides	nsubj
2	provides	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 energy	det
4	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provides	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 kind	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 energy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present	It	no energy of any kind					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition energy=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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