Exam question 1 · A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions

Identify the function of the hormone insulin.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions» of the medicine 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 insulin	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 insulin	det
6	hormone	hormone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 insulin	compound
7	insulin	insulin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the function of the hormone insulin					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=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

It converts water into energy

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 converts	nsubj
2	converts	convert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 energy	case
5	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present	It	water				into energy result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent water=Patient into energy=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It enables glucose derived from food to enter the cells

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 enables	nsubj
2	enables	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	glucose	glucose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enables	obj
4	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 glucose	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 derived	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 enter	mark
8	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enables	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cells	det
10	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 enter	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	enable	present	It	glucose		tree rules
2	derive	participle		glucose not said here	food	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from food=Material
3	enter	to-infinitive		the cells		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cell=Destination

Option 3

It suppresses all sensation of hunger between the principal meals

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 suppresses	nsubj
2	suppresses	suppress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 sensation	det
4	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suppresses	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 hunger	case
6	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sensation	nmod
7	between	between	ADP	_	10 meals	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 meals	det
9	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meals	compound
10	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hunger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suppress	present	It	all sensation of hunger between the principal meals					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensation=Patient
2	sense			hunger between the principal meals					nom sensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It renders food sweeter to the taste

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 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
4	sweeter	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 food	amod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 taste	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 taste	det
7	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	food	the taste				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to taste=Recipient

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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