Exam question 4 · Sunshine, vitamin D and water

Identify the principal reason for which the consumption of energy drinks by children is discouraged.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, consumption · What happens: identify, be, consume · To what, where: principal reason, energy drinks

This is exam question 4 of lesson 23 «Sunshine, vitamin D and water» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 discouraged	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 consumption	det
8	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 discouraged	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 drinks	case
10	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drinks	compound
11	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 consumption	nmod
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 children	case
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 drinks	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 discouraged	cop
15	discouraged	discouraged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is	present	the consumption of energy drinks by children		for the principal reason; discouraged property	tree rules
3	consume			energy drinks by children		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 · ← Mova's choice

They contain no water whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	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 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contain	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 contain	advmod

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

Option 2

They are injurious solely to adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 injurious	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 injurious	cop
3	injurious	injurious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 injurious	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 injurious	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					to adults; injurious, solely property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Their caffeine content may disturb sleep and heart rate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 content	nmod:poss
2	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 content	compound
3	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disturb	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 disturb	aux
5	disturb	disturb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disturb	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rate	cc
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rate	compound
9	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sleep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disturb	may	Their caffeine content	sleep and heart rate					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sleep=Experiencer

Option 4

They impede the synthesis of vitamin D

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 impede	nsubj
2	impede	impede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 synthesis	det
4	synthesis	synthesis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impede	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 D	case
6	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 D	compound
7	D	D	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 synthesis	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impede	present	They	the synthesis of vitamin D					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer synthesis=Eventuality

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