Exam question 3 · Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning shivering.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, shivering

This is exam question 3 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	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	shivering	shivering	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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	shivering		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shivering=Experiencer

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 occurs only when a person is hungry

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 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	8 hungry	advmod
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 hungry	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hungry	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hungry	cop
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 occurs	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	a person					hungry property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is the generation of heat by the muscles for the purpose of warming the body

The tree, 16 words

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	4 generation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 generation	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 generation	det
4	generation	generation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 heat	case
6	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 generation	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 muscles	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 muscles	det
9	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 generation	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 purpose	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 purpose	det
12	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 muscles	nmod
13	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 warming	mark
14	warming	warm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 purpose	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 body	det
16	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 warming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the generation				of heat; by the muscles for the purpose	tree rules
2	warm	gerund	the purpose not said here	the body					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient

Option 3

It is the means by which the body releases excess heat

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	4 means	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 releases	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 body	det
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 releases	nsubj
9	releases	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
10	excess	excess	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 heat	amod
11	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 releases	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					mean property	tree rules
2	release	present	the body	excess heat					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer heat=Source

Option 4

It is a sign that the body has an excess of water

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	4 sign	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sign	det
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 has	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	nsubj
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	acl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 excess	det
10	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 water	case
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 excess	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sign					tree rules
2	have	present	the body	a excess of water					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excess=Patient

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