Exam question 3 · Water, fizzy drinks and sports drinks

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the use of sports drinks by children engaged in play of less than one hour.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, response, one hour · What happens: select, establish, concern, drink, engage, use · To what, where: use, children, play, sports

This is exam question 3 of lesson 51 «Water, fizzy drinks and sports drinks» 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	14 drinks	nsubj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
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 use	det
11	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 sports	case
13	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 use	nmod
14	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	ccomp
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 children	case
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 drinks	obl
17	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 children	acl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 play	case
19	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 engaged	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	24 hour	case
21	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	23 one	advmod
22	than	than	ADP	_	21 less	fixed
23	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 hour	nummod
24	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 play	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
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 use of sports		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus use=Experiencer
4	drink	present	the response		by children	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	engage	participle		children not said here	in play of one hour goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in play=Goal
6	use			sports		nom use «act transitive»: of=patient
7	play		one hour			nom play «communication intransitive»: of=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

Water is sufficient and the additional sugar confers no benefit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sufficient	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sufficient	cop
3	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 confers	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sugar	det
6	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sugar	amod
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 confers	nsubj
8	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sufficient	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 benefit	det
10	benefit	benefit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 confers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Water					sufficient property	tree rules
2	confer	present	the additional sugar	no benefit					tree rules

Option 2

Sports drinks are indispensable to adequate performance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drinks	compound
2	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 indispensable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 indispensable	cop
4	indispensable	indispensable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 performance	case
6	adequate	adequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 performance	amod
7	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indispensable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sports drinks					to adequate performance; indispensable property	tree rules

Option 3

Water is harmful in such circumstances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harmful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmful	cop
3	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 circumstances	case
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 circumstances	amod
6	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harmful	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Water			such circumstances		harmful property	tree rules

Option 4

Sports drinks prevent dental decay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drinks	compound
2	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prevent	nsubj
3	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dental	dental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 decay	amod
5	decay	decay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prevent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	Sports drinks	dental decay					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer decay=Theme

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