Exam question 4 · A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the protein requirements of a child engaged in sport?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, engage, require · To what, where: protein requirements, child, sport

This is exam question 4 of lesson 54 «A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport» 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	11 requirements	det
10	protein	protein	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requirements	compound
11	requirements	requirement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requirements	nmod
15	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 child	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 sport	case
17	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 engaged	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the protein requirements of a child	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	engage	participle	a child not said here	in sport goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in sport=Goal
4	require		a child		nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=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

Supplementation with shakes is indispensable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Supplementation	supplementation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indispensable	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 shakes	case
3	shakes	shake	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Supplementation	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 indispensable	cop
5	indispensable	indispensable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Supplementation with shakes					indispensable property	tree rules

Option 2

A whole chicken is required daily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chicken	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chicken	amod
3	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 required	aux:pass
5	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	daily	daily	ADV	_	5 required	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		a whole chicken				daily property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Ordinary balanced meals provide sufficient protein

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ordinary	Ordinary	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 balanced	nsubj
2	balanced	balance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 provide	nsubj
4	provide	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 balanced	ccomp
5	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 protein	amod
6	protein	protein	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	balance	past	Ordinary						tree rules
2	provide	present	meals	sufficient protein					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition protein=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Protein is not required by children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Protein	protein	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 required	advmod
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not require	present · passive	children	Protein					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

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