Exam question 3 · Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning supervised strength training in childhood.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, supervise · To what, where: response, supervised strength training, childhood

This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter» 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	supervised	supervise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 training	amod
11	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 training	compound
12	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 childhood	case
14	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 training	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	supervised strength training	childhood		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus training=Experiencer
4	supervise	participle					vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent

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 right answer

It does not impair growth when performed with correct technique

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 impair	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 impair	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 impair	advmod
4	impair	impair	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 impair	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 performed	advmod
7	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 impair	advcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 technique	case
9	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 technique	amod
10	technique	technique	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not impair	present · do-support	It	growth					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus growth=Experiencer
2	perform	participle						with correct technique	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It requires the consumption of protein supplements

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consumption	det
4	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 supplements	case
6	protein	protein	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 supplements	compound
7	supplements	supplement	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	the consumption of protein supplements					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme consumption=Precondition
2	consume			protein supplements					nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It invariably arrests the growth of the bones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 arrests	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 arrests	advmod
3	arrests	arrest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 growth	det
5	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrests	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 bones	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bones	det
8	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 growth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrest	present	It	the growth of the bones				invariably property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent growth=Patient
2	grow		the bones						nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

It is prohibited for all persons below the age of eighteen years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 persons	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 persons	det
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl
7	below	below	ADP	_	9 age	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 age	det
9	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 years	case
11	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		It			below the age of eighteen years	for all persons	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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