Exam question 2 · Exercise and posture

Identify the principal reason for which respiration accelerates during exercise.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 34 «Exercise and posture» 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	8 accelerates	obl
7	respiration	respiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accelerates	nsubj
8	accelerates	accelerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
9	during	during	ADP	_	10 exercise	case
10	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accelerates	obl
11	.	.	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 reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	accelerate	present	respiration				during exercise	for the principal reason	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

The lungs contract permanently with exertion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lungs	det
2	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 contract	nsubj
3	contract	contract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	3 contract	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 exertion	case
6	exertion	exertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contract	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contract	present	the lungs					with exertion; permanently property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with exertion=Instrument

Option 2

The heart ceases to pump during exertion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 heart	det
2	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pump	mark
5	pump	pump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ceases	xcomp
6	during	during	ADP	_	7 exertion	case
7	exertion	exertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pump	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the heart						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	pump	to-infinitive	the heart not said here				during exertion		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The air becomes thinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 air	det
2	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 becomes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the air					thin property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The muscles require an increased supply of oxygen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 muscles	det
2	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 require	nsubj
3	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 supply	det
5	increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 supply	amod
6	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 require	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 oxygen	case
8	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supply	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the muscles	a increased supply of oxygen					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme supply=Precondition
2	increase	participle							vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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