Exam question 4 · Your body and how you look

In respect of the deliberate restriction of food in order to alter one's appearance, which statement is correct?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: alter, be, respect, restrict · To what, where: appearance, deliberate restriction, food, order

This is exam question 4 of lesson 88 «Your body and how you look» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 restriction	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 restriction	det
5	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 restriction	amod
6	restriction	restriction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 food	case
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 restriction	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 order	case
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 restriction	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 alter	mark
12	alter	alter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 order	acl
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 appearance	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 one	case
15	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 alter	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 correct	punct
17	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	18 statement	det
18	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 correct	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 correct	cop
20	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 appearance	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	alter	to-infinitive		one's appearance			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent appearance=Patient
2	is	present	which statement			correct property	tree rules
3	respect			the deliberate restriction of food in order			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	restrict			food	order		nom restriction «cognition transitive»: of=patient in=place

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

It is a healthy habit which improves concentration at 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	5 habit	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 habit	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 habit	det
4	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 habit	amod
5	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 improves	nsubj
7	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 habit	acl:relcl
8	concentration	concentration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 improves	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 improves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a healthy habit					tree rules
2	improve	present	a healthy habit	concentration		school			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent concentration=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It may render a person ill and tired and impair their concentration

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 render	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 render	aux
3	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 render	obj
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 render	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tired	cc
8	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ill	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 impair	cc
10	impair	impair	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 render	conj
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 concentration	nmod:poss
12	concentration	concentration	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 impair	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	may	It	a person				ill property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	impair	infinitive		their concentration					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus concentration=Experiencer

Option 3

It is recommended for growing children before the summer holidays

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 recommended	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 recommended	aux:pass
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 growing	mark
5	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 recommended	advcl
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 growing	obj
7	before	before	ADP	_	10 holidays	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 holidays	det
9	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 holidays	compound
10	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recommend	present · passive		It					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	grow	gerund		children			before the summer holidays		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location child=Theme

Option 4

It has no effect upon the body other than upon its appearance

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 body	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 effect	amod
9	than	than	ADP	_	12 appearance	case
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 appearance	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 appearance	nmod:poss
12	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 other	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no effect				upon the body	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

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