Exam question 2 · Sugar, teeth and the dentist

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the frequency of sugar consumption.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, frequency

This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Sugar, teeth and the dentist» 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 frequency	det
11	frequency	frequency	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 consumption	case
13	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consumption	compound
14	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 frequency	nmod
15	.	.	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 frequency of sugar consumption		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus frequency=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

Frequency is of no consequence whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frequency	frequency	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 consequence	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Frequency					of no consequence; whatsoever property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Frequent consumption between meals is more injurious than consumption at mealtimes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frequent	frequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 consumption	amod
2	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 injurious	nsubj
3	between	between	ADP	_	4 meals	case
4	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consumption	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 injurious	cop
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 injurious	advmod
7	injurious	injurious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 consumption	case
9	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 injurious	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 mealtimes	case
11	mealtimes	mealtime	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Frequent consumption between meals					than consumption at mealtimes; injurious property	tree rules

Option 3

The total quantity alone determines injury

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 quantity	det
2	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 quantity	amod
3	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 determines	nsubj
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 quantity	advmod
5	determines	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 determines	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	the total quantity	injury					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Topic

Option 4

Sugar exerts no influence upon the teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exerts	nsubj
2	exerts	exert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 influence	det
4	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exerts	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 teeth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teeth	det
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exerts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exert	present	Sugar	no influence				upon the teeth	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Theme

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