Exam question 3 · Breakfast before a match and food after

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of food consumed following sport?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: function · What happens: follow, characteris, consume · To what, where: function, following sport

This is exam question 3 of lesson 53 «Breakfast before a match and food after» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 food	case
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
13	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 function	acl
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 sport	amod
15	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 consumed	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the function of food	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	consume	participle	the function of food not said here	following sport		vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Asset
4	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 assists the refuelling and repair of the body

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 assists	nsubj
2	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 refuelling	det
4	refuelling	refuelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assists	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 repair	cc
6	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refuelling	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 body	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 body	det
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 repair	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	present	It	the refuelling and repair of the body					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refuelling=Beneficiary
2	repair			the body					nom repair «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It serves solely to satisfy appetite

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 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 serves	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 satisfy	mark
5	satisfy	satisfy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 serves	advcl
6	appetite	appetite	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 satisfy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It					solely property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	satisfy	to-infinitive		appetite					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus appetite=Experiencer

Option 3

It impairs recovery in all cases

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 impairs	nsubj
2	impairs	impair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impairs	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cases	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 cases	det
6	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 impairs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	present	It	recovery		all cases			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus recovery=Experiencer

Option 4

It is of no consequence whatsoever

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	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	It					of no consequence; whatsoever property	tree rules

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