Exam question 2 · What vitamins do

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption of carrots and nocturnal vision.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, consume · To what, where: response, consumption, carrots

This is exam question 2 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	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 consumption	det
11	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 carrots	case
13	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 consumption	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 vision	cc
15	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 vision	amod
16	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carrots	conj
17	.	.	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 consumption of carrots and nocturnal vision		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consumption=Experiencer
4	consume			carrots and nocturnal vision		nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Carrots contain no precursor of vitamin A

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contain	nsubj
2	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 precursor	det
4	precursor	precursor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 vitamin	case
6	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 precursor	nmod
7	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 precursor	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	Carrots	no precursor of vitamin					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot precursor=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Carrots impair vision in dim light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 impair	nsubj
2	impair	impair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impair	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 light	case
5	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 light	amod
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impair	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	present	Carrots	vision		dim light			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vision=Experiencer

Option 3

Abundant intake confers the power of night vision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abundant	abundant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 intake	amod
2	intake	intake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confers	nsubj
3	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 power	det
5	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confers	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 vision	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 vision	compound
8	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 power	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	Abundant intake	the power of night vision					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Normal intake supports ordinary vision but confers no night vision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 supports	amod
2	intake	intake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supports	compound
3	supports	support	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 vision	amod
5	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supports	conj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 confers	cc
7	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 supports	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 vision	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 vision	compound
10	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 confers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present		no night vision					tree rules

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