Exam question 4 · Breakfast before a match and food after

Ascertain the principal reason for which milk is regarded as a suitable beverage following exercise.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, regard, follow · To what, where: principal reason, milk

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	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 Ascertain	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 regarded	obl
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 regarded	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 regarded	aux:pass
9	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 beverage	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 beverage	det
12	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 beverage	amod
13	beverage	beverage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 regarded	obl
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 exercise	amod
15	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 beverage	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	regard	present · passive		milk	for the principal reason; as a suitable beverage and following exercise	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for which=Attribute
3	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

It cools the muscles directly

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 cools	nsubj
2	cools	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 muscles	det
4	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cools	obj
5	directly	directly	ADV	_	2 cools	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	present	It	the muscles				directly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent muscle=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It supplies fluid, protein and calcium

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 supplies	nsubj
2	supplies	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fluid	fluid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supplies	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 protein	punct
5	protein	protein	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fluid	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 calcium	cc
7	calcium	calcium	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fluid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present	It	fluid and protein and calcium					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fluid=Recipient

Option 3

It is suitable exclusively for infants

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 suitable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 suitable	cop
3	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 suitable	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 infants	case
6	infants	infant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 suitable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for infants; exclusively, suitable property	tree rules

Option 4

It contains a high concentration of caffeine

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 concentration	det
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 concentration	amod
5	concentration	concentration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 caffeine	case
7	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concentration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	a high concentration of caffeine					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot concentration=Theme

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