Exam question 4 · Thinking it through: the science behind home safety

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the growth of bacteria.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Thinking it through: the science behind home safety» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 growth	det
13	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 bacteria	case
15	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 growth	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	the growth of bacteria		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus growth=Experiencer
5	grow		bacteria			nom growth «process 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

Bacteria grow only at temperatures below freezing and never in a warm kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 temperatures	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 temperatures	case
5	temperatures	temperature	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obl
6	below	below	ADP	_	7 freezing	case
7	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 temperatures	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 kitchen	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 kitchen	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 kitchen	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 kitchen	det
12	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 kitchen	amod
13	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 temperatures	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Bacteria			temperatures below freezing and a warm kitchen			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at temperature=Location

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

Under favourable conditions certain bacteria may double their number every twenty minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	3 conditions	case
2	favourable	favourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conditions	amod
3	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 double	obl
4	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bacteria	amod
5	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 double	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 double	aux
7	double	double	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 number	nmod:poss
9	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 double	obj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 minutes	det
11	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 minutes	nummod
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 double	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double	may	certain bacteria	bacteria's number		favourable conditions	minute		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent number=Patient

Option 3

Bacteria cannot grow upon cooked food, since the heat of cooking protects it permanently

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 grow	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 grow	advmod
4	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 food	case
6	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 food	amod
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grow	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 protects	punct
9	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 protects	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heat	det
11	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 protects	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 cooking	case
13	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heat	nmod
14	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grow	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 protects	obj
16	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	14 protects	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not grow	can	Bacteria		cooked food		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon food=Location
2	cook	participle					vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	protect	present	the heat of cooking	cooking		permanently property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary
4	heat		cooking				nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Bacteria double their number once a month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 double	nsubj
2	double	double	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 number	nmod:poss
4	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 double	obj
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 double	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 month	det
7	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 once	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double	present	Bacteria	Bacteria's number				once property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent number=Patient

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