Exam question 2 · China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the discovery for which Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, award · To what, where: response, discovery, Tu, 2015

This is exam question 2 of lesson 60 «China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China» of the history 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 discovery	det
11	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 awarded	obl
14	Tu	Tu	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 awarded	nsubj:pass
15	Youyou	Youyou	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Tu	flat
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 awarded	aux:pass
17	awarded	award	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 discovery	acl:relcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Prize	det
19	Nobel	Nobel	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Prize	compound
20	Prize	Prize	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 awarded	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 2015	case
22	2015	2015	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 awarded	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the discovery			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus discovery=Experiencer
4	award	past · passive		Tu	2015	for the discovery	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal prize=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 · ← Mova's choice

Penicillin, a remedy for infections of the blood derived from bread mould

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penicillin	penicillin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 derived	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 remedy	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 remedy	det
4	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Penicillin	appos
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 infections	case
6	infections	infection	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 remedy	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 blood	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 blood	det
9	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 infections	nmod
10	derived	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 mould	case
12	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mould	compound
13	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 derived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	past	Penicillin			bread mould			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from mould=Material
2	infect			the blood					nom infection «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Green tea, a remedy held to cure every illness of the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tea	amod
2	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 remedy	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 remedy	det
5	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tea	conj
6	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 remedy	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 cure	mark
8	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 held	advcl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 illness	det
10	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cure	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 body	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 body	det
13	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 illness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle		a remedy not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cure	to-infinitive		every illness of the body					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source

Option 3

A vaccine against smallpox derived from the cowpox of cattle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 vaccine	det
2	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 derived	nsubj
3	against	against	ADP	_	4 smallpox	case
4	smallpox	smallpox	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 vaccine	nmod
5	derived	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 cowpox	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cowpox	det
8	cowpox	cowpox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 derived	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 cattle	case
10	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cowpox	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	past	a vaccine against smallpox			the cowpox of cattle			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from cowpox=Material

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Artemisinin, a remedy for malaria derived from sweet wormwood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Artemisinin	Artemisinin	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 remedy	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 remedy	det
4	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Artemisinin	appos
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 malaria	case
6	malaria	malaria	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remedy	nmod
7	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 remedy	acl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 wormwood	case
9	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wormwood	amod
10	wormwood	wormwood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 derived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	participle		a remedy for malaria not said here		sweet wormwood			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from wormwood=Material

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