Exam question 3 · What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of quinine.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 3 of lesson 77 «What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music and knowledge» 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 origin	det
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 quinine	case
13	quinine	quinine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 origin of quinine		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=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 · ✓ the right answer

It derives from the bark of the cinchona tree, known to Andean peoples

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 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 bark	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bark	det
5	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
8	cinchona	cinchona	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tree	compound
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bark	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 known	punct
11	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 tree	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 peoples	case
13	Andean	andean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 peoples	amod
14	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 known	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the bark of the cinchona tree			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from bark=Material
2	know	participle		the cinchona tree not said here				to Andean peoples	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It derives from seawater

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 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 seawater	case
4	seawater	seawater	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			seawater			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from seawater=Material

Option 3

It derives from the leaves of the tea plant

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 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 leaves	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 leaves	det
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 derives	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 plant	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plant	det
8	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plant	compound
9	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaves	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the leaves of the tea plant			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from leaf=Material

Option 4

It was synthesised in London without any natural source

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 synthesised	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 synthesised	aux:pass
3	synthesised	synthesise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 London	case
5	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 synthesised	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	9 source	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 source	det
8	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 source	amod
9	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 synthesised	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	synthesise	past · passive	any natural source	It		London			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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