Exam question 1 · What vitamins do

Identify the principal function of ascorbic acid, hereinafter vitamin C, in the human body.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function, human body

This is exam question 1 of lesson 21 «What vitamins do» 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	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 acid	case
6	ascorbic	ascorbic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 acid	amod
7	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 C	punct
9	hereinafter	hereinafter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 C	compound
10	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 C	compound
11	C	c	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 body	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 body	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 body	det
15	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 body	amod
16	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
17	.	.	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 principal function of ascorbic acid and hereinafter vitamin C		the human body			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

The prevention of all infection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prevention	det
2	prevention	prevention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 infection	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 infection	det
5	infection	infection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent			all infection					nom prevention «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The production of clear vision in conditions of total darkness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 production	det
2	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 vision	case
4	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 vision	amod
5	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 conditions	case
7	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 vision	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 darkness	case
9	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 darkness	amod
10	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conditions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce			clear vision in conditions of total darkness					nom production «act transitive»: of=patient
2	condition			total darkness					nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The conversion of sunlight into bone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conversion	det
2	conversion	conversion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sunlight	case
4	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conversion	nmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 bone	case
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conversion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert			sunlight		bone			nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient into=place

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The healing of wounds and the maintenance of healthy gums

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 healing	det
2	healing	healing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wounds	case
4	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 healing	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 maintenance	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maintenance	det
7	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wounds	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 gums	case
9	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gums	amod
10	gums	gum	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 maintenance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal		wounds and the maintenance of healthy gums						nom healing «process intransitive»: of=agent
2	maintain			healthy gums					nom maintenance «act transitive»: of=patient

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