Exam question 1 · Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises urine of a dark yellow colour?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: urine

This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals» 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	urine	urine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 colour	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 colour	det
12	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 colour	amod
13	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 colour	amod
14	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 urine	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		urine of a dark yellow colour				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 indicates that the person has slept for too long

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 slept	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slept	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 slept	aux
7	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 long	case
9	too	too	ADV	_	10 long	advmod
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	sleep	present · perfect · passive		the person					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It indicates that the person is in excellent health

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 health	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 health	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 health	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 health	case
8	excellent	excellent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 health	amod
9	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the person			excellent health			tree rules

Option 3

It indicates that an excessive quantity of water has been consumed

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 consumed	mark
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 quantity	det
5	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 quantity	amod
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consumed	nsubj:pass
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quantity	nmod
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 consumed	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 consumed	aux:pass
11	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	consume	present · perfect · passive		a excessive quantity of water					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It indicates that a greater quantity of water ought to be consumed

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 consumed	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 quantity	det
5	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 quantity	amod
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 consumed	nsubj:pass
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quantity	nmod
9	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 consumed	aux
10	to	to	PART	_	12 consumed	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 consumed	aux:pass
12	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	consume	ought · passive		a greater quantity of water					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

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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