Exam question 2 · Food myths and fads

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the designation «superfood».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, designation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 55 «Food myths and fads» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 designation	det
11	designation	designation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 superfood	punct
13	superfood	superfood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 designation	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 superfood	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	the designation		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus designation=Experiencer

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

It denotes a scientifically defined category of food

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 category	det
4	scientifically	scientifically	ADV	_	5 defined	advmod
5	defined	define	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 category	amod
6	category	category	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 food	case
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 category	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a defined category of food					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot category=Topic
2	define	participle						scientifically property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It denotes a food conferring supernatural abilities upon the eater

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	conferring	confer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 food	acl
6	supernatural	supernatural	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 abilities	compound
7	abilities	ability	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 conferring	obj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 eater	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 eater	det
10	eater	eater	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conferring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a food					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot food=Topic
2	confer	gerund	a food not said here	supernatural abilities				upon the eater	tree rules

Option 3

It denotes food permitted solely to athletes

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
4	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 food	acl
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 permitted	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 athletes	case
7	athletes	athlete	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 permitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	food					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot food=Topic
2	permit	participle		food not said here				to athletes; solely property	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is a term of marketing without scientific standing

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 term	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 term	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 term	det
4	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 marketing	case
6	marketing	marketing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 term	nmod
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 standing	case
8	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 standing	amod
9	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 term	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a term				of marketing; without scientific standing	tree rules

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